As of 1 Oct 2004 up to episode 13 is out on fansub. So far, it's doing a clever 'tell the story through backstory' thing where the main character faces situations at astronaut school and her reaction to them is explained by what happened to her when she was little. I've not seen it done this way before - I've kinda seen backstory used to explain events but not character to such degree, although I suppose the show _is_ shoujo. Surprisingly, the back story of the other characters is hardly touched upon, apart from creating some mystery around already-mysterious-bad-tempered-girl. --Mjb67