If I recall correctly, I think they were using that episode of Assignment: Earth as a backdoor pilot, to try to create a show about those astronauts set in the future. But the network didn't seem to go for it.
My guess, though, is that the producers of that 1980s show Galaxy Quest remembered it fondly. Sometimes when I watch that show, I remember that episode of A:E.
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Date: 2009-05-22 07:12 pm (UTC)My guess, though, is that the producers of that 1980s show Galaxy Quest remembered it fondly. Sometimes when I watch that show, I remember that episode of A:E.