“The US State Department and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have granted TransOrbital, Inc. of La Jolla, California, permission to send its TrailBlazer probe to map the surface of the Moon and photograph Earth.” —First Commercial Moon Landing Gets Go-aheadNature)

“He was a junkman with an extraordinary dream…to salvage the junk left on the moon by the Apollo moon expeditions in the 1960’s and 70’s. The subsequent series followed the adventures of Harry and his crew as they attempted various salvage operations.” (From a fan page devoted to the short-lived Andy Griffith TV series “Salvage-1“.)