"Salvage"

[Otokichi]

Space junk in Near Earth Orbit threatens to make space exploration a trip through a shooting gallery for generations. What to do? This 1979 TV series suggested that moon mission "debris/junk" was up for grabs for anyone who could get there and bring it back for sale to the highest bidder. You don't have to go to the moon to salvage high tech scrap. Imagine what Ronco could do with a ton of plastic acrylic and a mountain of space junk. Imagine thousands of paper weights and "arty conversation pieces" made from sealed-in-clear-plastic "souvenirs of the Space Race." Who needs "space tourism" when "Space Archeology" beckons? ("Hi, I'm Mike Wolfe and he's Frank Fritz; we're 'Space Pickers.";)