Moonlight Mile

Moonlight Mile (ムーンライトマイル, Mūnraito Mairu) is a Japanese manga by Yasuo Ōtagaki which is published by Shogakukan. An anime adaptation by Studio Hibari premiered on Japan's WOWOW satellite network on February 4, 2007 in advance before the regular broadcast began on March 3, 2007.

Plot
Gorou Saruwatari and Lostman are mountain climbers who have ascended some of the highest mountains around the world. At the peak of Mount Everest, they see the ISA Space Station in the sky above and become determined to take even greater heights into space. At the same time, ISA begins a program to research and obtain a new energy source which has been discovered on the moon. Gorou and Lostman attempt to join the program through different approaches: Lostman becomes a pilot and Gorou takes a job as a construction worker.