9Everything got much more lively when they landed at Cape Canaveral. There were two runways, one in the heart of Kennedy Space Center. The other, an overlong strip built specifically for landing shuttles. Flights using the latter runway were so restricted that there was no taxiway, just the main strip—meaning traffic must not be a problem. Their C-5 Galaxy apparently rated.
The CAT guys had warned him, so he’d been waiting close by the rear ramp when it was finally lowered. He’d been told that the unloading would be a good opportunity to get run over and it would be best to just get out of the way.
When the back of the plane cracked open and the stern of the cargo bay began lowering, the heat and humidity had rolled over the top of the angled ramp and crashed into him like an unexpected
