Applies only to the reedited "Moon and the Desert" syndicated version: Signage showing O.S.I. is inserted into the episode, however dialogue still refers to the O.S.O. (Office of Strategic Operations).
Applies only to the reedited "Moon and the Desert" syndicated version: The sequence showing Austin's operation is padded out using footage of Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Rudy Wells, taken from a later episode, even though Martin Balsam, also playing Rudy, appears in the same scene, although he is shown supervising the operation from another room.
Applies only to the reedited "Moon and the Desert" syndicated version: Austin is shown flying to the moon in a solo mission, but just before being shown leaving the moon, a second astronaut appears without explanation in one shot (culled from stock footage).
In the hospital scenes, the electrocardiograph is heard beeping Steve's heartbeat, but a flat line is displayed.
The carrier plane is creating very little visible vapor, yet in the shot of the view from the chase plane that is beneath/behind the bomber, there is a thick contrail spewing from the carrier plane.
Steve's remaining arm is left intact when in real life it would have to be amputated and replaced with a bionic arm because the original arm and the replacement limb could not properly function alongside each other. This is because the organic arm can't perform some of the feats of strength that a bionic arm can without receiving an injury or tearing off. In fact, Rudy is indeed shown amputating Steve's existing human arm in the BIONIC MAN comic - the amputation is done for Steve's personal safety, not just his health and well-being, which as a doctor, Rudy would be intensely concerned with.
When Steve first regains consciousness after the accident, a POV shot shows his view of Rudy Wells moving in and out of focus. But human vision focuses by adjusting the angle of each eye toward an object, rather than changing the distance between the lens and the retina, in the fashion of a camera. So, with only one eye, Steve wouldn't be able to adjust focus.
For the sequence showing Steve Austin's journey to the moon, there is a shot of an Apollo Command and Service Module making its way to the moon. It does not have the LM (Lunar Module) attached to it, which is used for the landing a few seconds later.
In the sequence of stock footage designed to show Steve Austin's journey to the moon, at one point there is footage of a space walk. This is obviously of Ed White's first space walk in the Gemini program. For moon missions, there would be no need to do a space walk.
The crashed VW bus Steve rescues the boy from doesn't appear to have glass in any of its windows, with no sign of broken glass lying around the interior. This bus was presumably obtained partly stripped from a breakers' yard.
The "Factual Error" that Austin's human left arm should have been amputated to prevent incompatible balance produces an enormous character error if such had occurred. The friendship that is demonstrated between Austin and Dr. Wells would never allow the latter to amputate a healthy arm of his friend, whether it would be mechanically efficient or not. Further, Dr. Wells is portrayed as the kind of man not to violate his Hippocratic oath of "Do no harm" which such an amputation would be in contrast to.
Applies only to the reedited "Moon and the Desert" syndicated version: Top of the set backdrop and studio lighting visible in the shot showing Austin and another astronaut preparing to leave the moon.
When Steve is breaking the chains when held captive, there is no reason for him to pull the chain link completely apart. Once there is a gap for the other link to pass through, he wouldn't need to keep pulling.