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To: fieldmarshaldj

Warp speed is considered traveling at the speed of light- 186,000 miles per second.


44 posted on 05/14/2015 5:44:32 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: DownInFlames

Not exactly.

“Warp Speed” is a misnomer. You aren’t really making the ship go faster than light, you’re warping space around the ship to cover distance faster.

If you take a piece of string and stretch it out straight, going from one end to another along it’s length, thats normal sublight travel. If you then bend it into a U, jumping between the two end points rather than traveling the length of the string, is warp travel.


56 posted on 05/14/2015 11:00:51 AM PDT by tanknetter
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