Space Platform
"Space Platform" by Murray Leinster is a young adult science fiction novel published in 1953. America races to build an orbital space station that will serve as a waystation for space exploration and prevent atomic war. Young machinist Joe Kenmore must oversee the installation of crucial pilot gyroscopes while battling relentless sabotage from Communist enemies who will stop at nothing—including murder, bombings, and nuclear missiles—to destroy the project before launch.
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