at the time the series be spawn and it be very conceivable ( and we all want to believe ) the man would be station in space and upon the moon before the dawn of the new century . the success of the apollo mission and nixon have visit china and the plan rendezvous of the apollo soyuz mission . the cold war be end and and we all have tremendous hope for a future in which we could all work together and and move forward . the timing of the series couldn not have be more perfect . the story line each and every episode strove to balance our possible future fear ( fear of the unknown ) and with our current compassion and common sense judgment and and morality . the production and write staff seem to keep the alphan basic a represent that be possible before the new millennium . the moonbase and the travel tube and the medical advance and the computer control and the slow and hard to maneuver and limited distance eagle spacecraft . only the alphan encounter each episode seem to push the envelope . uncharted planet and star and unknown energy force and high being and entity and advanced technology and physical improbability . space 1999 be a giant leap for mankind closer to reality than lose in space and star trek and the starlost and though i treasure those series as well for what they offer . and if you watch space 1999 closely enough and you would have recognize a handful of the episode plot recreate within future sci fi series ( i. e. and one episode surround a biological computer and a collection of many mind from many different intelligent specie and where commander koenig be forewarn that to resist be foolish ) .