[Farnsworth]

Yeah, thats real high science, but some are working on it. Read an article awhile back about a warp bubble. Compress space in front of the bubble and expand it behind the ship creating thrust.
It’s a LONG way from dilithium crystals, anti matter engines and Montgomery Scott.

[cripplecreek]

Read an article awhile back about a warp bubble. Compress space in front of the bubble and expand it behind the ship creating thrust.

I saw a show last week about the research going on in that direction. They've actually managed to warp space a matter of nanometers which is really quite an accomplishment considering the fact they aren't using mass to do it.

VASIMR engines are sublight but actually have thousands of working test hours on them in the lab. They should be capable of a considerable percentage of the speed of light.