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Salvage 1
1979 · TV series · 60 min episodes · 2 seasons
Created by Mike Lloyd Ross
ComedyActionAdventureScience FictionFantasy
Salvage operator Harry Broderick buys and sells scrap as well as electronics, aircraft, and other equipment. Harry constantly has grandiose schemes to make money, sometimes not completely honestly. In the pilot, his dream is to recover equipment left on the Moon during Apollo Program missions, for he believes the salvage value will make it a worthwhile venture. In the show's opening title narration, Harry states: "I wanna build a spaceship, go to the Moon, salvage all the junk that's up there, bring it back, sell it."
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Dating myself here, but reminds me of the episode of the '70s TV program "Salvage 1" about a scrap dealer (played by Andy Griffith) who builds a rocket from parts he finds. On their maiden voyage (I think) the cleaning guy unplugs the guidance computer so that he can plug in his vacuum cleaner.
A bit like Salvage-1 ;-)
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I thought it was going to be about people trying to launch themselves into space with home made rockets.
Made me think of the 1970's TV show Salvage 1:
"Harry runs a salvage operation, in which he and his partners reclaim trash and junk and sell it as scrap (or as other things). Harry also has a home-made spaceship which he sometimes uses to reclaim junk satellites."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078681/
Two live-action TV series from the 1970s about space garbage: "Salvage 1" (with Andy Griffith no less) and "Quark."