Editing Lost in Space (section)

===Overview===
On October 16, 1997, amidst overpopulation on Earth, the United States is gearing up to colonize space. The ''Jupiter 2'', a futuristic saucer-shaped spacecraft, stands on its launchpad undergoing final preparations. Its mission is to take a single family on a five-and-a-half-year journey to an Earth-like planet orbiting the star [[Alpha Centauri]].

The Robinson family consists of a married couple, John ([[Guy Williams (actor)|Guy Williams]]) and Maureen ([[June Lockhart]]), and their three children: Judy ([[Marta Kristen]]); Penny ([[Angela Cartwright]]); and Will ([[Bill Mumy]]). John is a professor. The family is accompanied by U.S. Space Corps Major Donald West ([[Mark Goddard]]). The Robinsons and Major West are to be [[Cryogenics|cryogenically frozen]] for the voyage, and they are set to be unfrozen when the spacecraft approaches its destination.

Dr. Zachary Smith ([[Jonathan Harris]]), a physician working for ''Alpha Control'', which is conducting the launch, is revealed to be a saboteur working on behalf of an unnamed nation or organization, with which he communicated under the code name ''Aeolis-14-Umbra''. After disposing of a guard who catches him aboard the spacecraft, Smith reprograms the ''Jupiter 2''{{'}}s [[Robot (Lost in Space)|B-9]] environmental control robot ([[Bob May (actor)|Bob May]], voiced by [[Dick Tufeld]]) to destroy critical systems on the spaceship eight hours after launch. To his horror, however, Smith becomes trapped aboard, and after launch his extra weight throws the ''Jupiter 2'' off course, causing it to encounter asteroids. This, plus the robot's rampage, causes the ship to prematurely engage its hyperdrive, and the expedition becomes hopelessly lost in the infinite depths of outer space.