RE: 'Dream Chaser' is the latest hope for American spaceflight
From the video it seems implausible that it could store sufficient fuel
to launch itself and carry a payload. I am not a rocket scientist, but
I can't see how the fundamental physics of rocketry would allow
enough power to launch the rocket into orbit without the machine
as shown here being mostly fuel tanks. If jet fighters can fly in the
stratosphere, isn't there a way to get space ships to launch using
rockets or combo rocket/jet propulsion from the back of a large
aircraft like a cargo plane?