midnight
Thanks real lots . '' He pushed his way past the man in Space Grays and shouldered past a couple of barflies as he left . He pushed open the door of the bar and stood outside for a moment . It was near midnight , and the sky over Nome Spaceport was bright with stars . Preston 's trained eye picked out Mars , Jupiter , Uranus . There they were -- waiting . But he would spend the rest of his days ferrying letters on the Ganymede run .