This episode accurately predicted the growing problem of "space junk" around 30 years before NASA publicly acknowledged it.
Shooting script originally titled "Ambush", with a previously unmentioned department under the heading United Space Organization in control of the International Astrophysical Commission. Also, a character named James L. Douglas (of the United Space Organization) was used instead of General Henderson.
Drewe Henley (Captain Steve Maddox) is best known for his role as X-Wing pilot "Red Leader" (Garven Dreis) in the film Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), a role for which he was mistakenly credited as "Drewe Hemley".
This episode takes place in 1980.