# Men Into Space! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-into-space/633172 "2012-08-30T18:33:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-into-space/633172/1 "2012-08-30T18:33:19Z")
A few months ago I stumbled over a website which sells old TV series, and on a whim I picked up a copy of the old **Men Into Space** series. William Lundigan stars as Colonel McCauley, an intrepid rocket pilot. The series starts off with early space flights, and progresses through building a space station to colonizing the moon; by the end of the series they’re starting on trips to Mars. It’s hard sci-fi; everything is done as scientifically accurately as they could (although they do fall back on magnetic boots to avoid expensive zero-gee effects). McCauley never takes wild chances; his problems are realistic and so are his solutions. It’s lots of fun, although I must say that the Air Force’s space program seems to be pretty accident-prone–it seems like something goes wrong about once a week! 😉 Most surprising of all, **Mrs. R** really likes it, although she’s not much into sci-fi. She says it depicts the space program as it was supposed to be, which I thought was an interesting thing to say. Come to think of it, she had a really good time in the Evergreen Air Museum’s spaceflight wing. I think she’s a closet space junkie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-into-space/633172/2 "2012-08-30T18:47:44Z")
I’ve written about this severa times on this Board. I recall seeing this as a kid, but it’s one of the Great Lost TV series. It has never, AFAIK, been syndicated, or been available on VHS or DVD. If you found it, let me know where – Id love to get a copy. Even books specializing on SF on TV rarely mention the series. One book, which listed every episode of other classic SF TV, did not list a single episode of Men Into Spavce (although at least it acknowledged that it existed). It wasn’t until the internet came along that I found detailed information about the series. Please give us further information on where you found this. send me a message if you don’t want to post it. as I recall it, the series was near-future near-Earth “hard” science fiction. No aliens, interstellar travel, or egregious violations of physical laws. William Lundigan, who starred, was also in the film _Riders to the Stars_, currently the topic of another thread. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-into-space/633172/3 "2012-08-31T00:44:09Z")
My Hallowe’en costume for kindergarten (or perhaps first grade) was Col McCauley.Think the first time I ever hear of the show was a good 35 years later, though… ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-into-space/633172/4 "2012-08-31T10:19:06Z")
Google seems to have a few good leads for the DVDs: [Here.](["men - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?q=%22men) into space%22 dvd) I’d never heard of this show, so thanks for the reviews guys - just ordered a set for myself. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-into-space/633172/5 "2012-08-31T13:28:45Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > It’s lots of fun, although I must say that the Air Force’s space program seems to be pretty accident-prone–it seems like something goes wrong about once a week! 😉 Hehe. You’d think people would stop inviting Jessica Fletcher (and Monk) to their events, because every time she shows up, at least two or three people buy the farm. 😉 I remember this series. As I recall, it was pretty serious, almost documentary-like. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-into-space/633172/6 "2012-08-31T14:43:00Z")
Here’s where I bought it: [http://www.classicradioandtv.com/meninspace.htm](http://www.classicradioandtv.com/meninspace.htm) Good outfit to deal with. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-into-space/633172/7 "2012-08-31T14:45:32Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > … No aliens… Wellllllllllll… 😉 One episode deals with an artifact found on the Moon which might be of alien origin. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-into-space/633172/8 "2012-08-31T15:16:36Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > Wellllllllllll… 😉 One episode deals with an artifact found on the Moon which might be of alien origin. Yes, but that’s precisely the type of thing I mean – possible alien artifacts, but no people walking around with rubber appliances glued to their faces. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-into-space/633172/9 "2012-08-31T19:21:49Z")
Never heard of it, sounds good, will check it out given the opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-into-space/633172/10 "2012-08-31T19:30:27Z")
Has there ever been a more appropriate post title/username combo? 🙂