I knew I recognized the lead NASA guy (John). He was in Stargate!

@jalcine It's completely farbot.

@jalcine it was very ahead of its time, and represented a big shift from the Trek/Stargate model of a team of professionals working together. It uses scifi as a backdrop to tell a human story of relationships and people, along the lines of BSG and stuff that came later

@jalcine aha aha, very.