Spacehive

EVERY NINETY MINUTES THEY WERE A TARGET FOR THE REDS The United States was tossing the parts of Project Spacehive into orbit like bits of a jigsaw puzzle, and then orbiting astronauts to fit the pieces together and make the first spaceship. It wasn't science-fiction—just putting into operation a scheme that had been on the drawing boards since the first firings at Cape Canaveral. But while they'd figured the mechanics involved, they hadn't counted on an unexpected problem—how do you get any work done when you're a sitting duck every ninety mnutes for Russian rocket snipers?