Image – ID 306032754 © Vampy1 | Dreamstime.com “It is not what you believe to be true that will determine your or humanity's success but what works.” ― John W. Campbell “One man's 'magic', is another man's engineering.” ― Robert A. Heinlein “Any pla...

Image – ID 306032754 © Vampy1 | Dreamstime.com Slateman was livid and worried; another ship was missing, another Space Force ship. And this time the ship had been on a high-priority mission that involved the highest levels of government. Something h...

Image – ID 306032754 © Vampy1 | Dreamstime.com Slateman was mad. Here he had just given Dr. Dreyer a contract to study their problem, and now he finds that Dreyer was talking to the press. Well, he would fix that. If Dreyer wanted the support of the...

Image – ID 306032754 © Vampy1 | Dreamstime.com Lieutenant Beigan and Spinrad had spent ten straight hours trying to find a problem with the fusion drive or one of its supporting systems. But nothing seemed amiss. “Okay,” said Spinrad. “Not one faile...

Image – ID 306032754 © Vampy1 | Dreamstime.com Lainey Johnson had gotten the latest research report from Dr. Dreyer, and it was going to be trouble when picked up by the media. If he was correct, then travel in the bulk was not as safe as advertised...

Image – ID 306032754 © Vampy1 | Dreamstime.com Leonard Post knew something was up. He had tried to get a response out of General Slateman's office, with no luck. But he was determined, so he took a flight to the general's space force base and camped...