Months before the premier of this episode, actor Larry Parks named Lee J. Cobb ( as a communist) to the House on Unamerican Activities. Two and a half years later, Cobb testifies before the committee and named names.
It was stated that the cost of the entire proposed space project in was well over $500,000,000 ( the time if the story). That translates to $5,635,000,000 in 2023 dollars today.