Despite proof of sabotage and Lex Luthor's generous offer to underwrite a private space station, the Congress of Nations chooses to go ahead with the next launch, cautioning the world that further problems are likely to scuttle the project. In his private office Lex seems... less than pleased, destroying the model of his own space station. Lois stows away among the colonists to evade a ban on reporters - and discovers that someone has planted a bomb. To alert mission control, she tears out circuits until they notice, but she cannot defuse the bomb and only seconds remain...