I listened to the episode THE LAST ORBIT today at the office while engaged in some of the least pleasant activities a synthesis chemist deals with. 

The show stars Larry Haines as a Shuttle astronaut who is about to retire after his last mission. He is visited by an alien being who has ideas about how his retirement will go. 

The show may seem a little far fetched at times, clearly borrowing from some basic science ficion elements which by modern day standards seem cliche, but hey this is the Mystery Theatre and it was written more than 20 years ago!   

It is also interesting to see how the writer (Douglass Dempsey. Dempsy?) viewed where the Shuttle program would evolve relative to where is it today. 

Entertaining episode...  Definitely worth a listen! I think you will also like the only other episode I am aware of by this writer: POSTAGE DUE.
