Frank Corvin, ÔÇÿHawkÔÇÖ Hawkins, Jerry O’Neill and ÔÇÿTankÔÇÖ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force’s test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of trained chimps. They blackmail their way into orbit when Russia’s mysterious ÔÇÿIkonÔÇÖ communications satellite’s orbit begins to degrade and threatens to crash to Earth.