My whole family sat and watched the pilot episode/made-for-TV movie. I remember that the thing was promoted like crazy. What were we thinking?
Wasn't this the time the Space Shuttle had just done the test landing (taken off from the back of a 747). The US was going to dominate space with a whole fleet of space shuttles, and here comes a show that tells the whole world that our garbage pickers can build a space ship with garbage cans. It was the whole feel good factor...I can't even write this stuff without laughing at myself....