[SAMWolf]

Wasn't that the Ross Perot sponsored mission?

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Yup, that's the one. Interesting that a private U.S. citizen could pull it off, but the U.S. under Carter could not. I noticed with considerable interest at the time, that even though Perot had made himself possibly liable to punishment by all sorts of U.S. laws, the Carter administration did not even dare to let out so much as a peep against him. This must have really grated on their nerves...