Space exploration had more uncertainty about it back in the 1960's and the Twilight Zone explored that a few times.
Here we get no real explanation but it's left to be an unsettling mystery. Why did three astronauts return to fame and glory only to one by one be removed and forgotten? The first one to disappear is played by Charles Aidman his onscreen time is brief but leaves the biggest emotional impact. His parents don't know him when he calls them. He tells one of the other astronauts played by Rod Taylor he thinks they weren't supposed to come back. He's suddenly just gone and only Taylor's character remembers him not even the third one played by Jim Hutton. Taylor fills most of the episode with his frustration and anger and finally fear as it happens to him. Finally the third astronaut gets it but he's quickly just gone . All like they were never really there. It's also about not only identify but any significance any imprint or memory we leave behind. One of the most unsettling endings . Nothing comforting to it.
Here we get no real explanation but it's left to be an unsettling mystery. Why did three astronauts return to fame and glory only to one by one be removed and forgotten? The first one to disappear is played by Charles Aidman his onscreen time is brief but leaves the biggest emotional impact. His parents don't know him when he calls them. He tells one of the other astronauts played by Rod Taylor he thinks they weren't supposed to come back. He's suddenly just gone and only Taylor's character remembers him not even the third one played by Jim Hutton. Taylor fills most of the episode with his frustration and anger and finally fear as it happens to him. Finally the third astronaut gets it but he's quickly just gone . All like they were never really there. It's also about not only identify but any significance any imprint or memory we leave behind. One of the most unsettling endings . Nothing comforting to it.