“Boy, if there’s a storm coming, you two are sure in luck!” Bobby told Sue and Steve.
Steve and Sue looked at one another, puzzled. Why should their young friend be pleased over a coming storm?
They saw before them a space that looked as flat as a highway and larger than a football field. There was a row of hangars along the far side.
“Wow, we sure must be high!” Steve burst out. They seemed to be almost on a level with the mountains.
“We’re a whole mile off the ground,” Bobby told him. “The skyport rests on the corners of two mountain ridges.”
They went over to one of the clear plastic walls that edged the skyport.
“Gee, the freighter sure is little down there!” Sue said.
It almost took Steve’s breath away. The big space ship indeed looked no larger than a toy down below.
“Why did they go to such trouble to build this?” Steve asked.
“Because there wasn’t any place flat enough on the ground,” Bobby answered. “My father says they need a main skyport on Titan because there are so many companies here digging for uranium. The colonists fly here to get their supplies and mail.”