3 more days at the Grestin checkpoint, we deal with a parade of suspicious individuals trying to cross the border into our glorious Arstotzkan state. We deal with travelers, diplomats, smugglers and wanderers. http://papersplea.se The first 'customer' is William Napier which is an amusing cooincidence, I used to work with Dr William Napier at Armagh, and he wrote a few high-tech thrillers, including 'Nemesis' where I offered some small technical assistance. You can buy it here. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031293680X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=031293680X&linkCode=as2&tag=djsnm-20 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFKueWCcBYw

Dream Chaser isn't the first space plane, it is however on course to be the first operational Lifting Body space plane, intended to perform its first demo launch on a Vulcan rocket and rendezvous with the International Space Station during 2022. But its been a long time coming, the concept of lifting body space planes goes back to the 1950's, and NASA was test flying demonstrators 60 years ago, starting with the 'Flying Bathtub', build from a steel frame overlaid with plywood, and towed behind a car. But it would take some cues from the Soviet BOR-4 test vehicle to arrive at a more optimal design, stable across much larger ranges of speed. Follow me on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/DJSnM I have a discord server where I regularly turn up: https://discord.gg/zStmKbM If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0XZjQf7AM