Warp Drive May Be More Feasible Than Thought, Scientists Say

SPACE.com ^ | 2012-09-17 | Clara Moskowitz

[GeronL]

Theoretically the vessel would not be moving any faster, but the effects on humans from passing into warped space would have to be studied. Warped humans??

[Squawk 8888]

The beauty of it is that for the vehicle inside the warp there is very little (if any) acceleration or deceleration. The vehicle itself is moving at much slower speeds within the warp bubble while space itself is moved around it. In theory the vehicle could remain stationary.

[Squawk 8888]

It’s dilithium ;-)

[Las Vegas Ron]

Okay, thanks.

That sort of makes sense....kind of mind bending too!

[Strategerist]

It’s tough to wrap your mind around but the bubble doesn’t actually move. You need to break out of the mindset that there is some sort of definite, unchanging, grid of “space” that you “move” through.

[TChris]

It’s dilithium ;-)

...encased in pure unobtainium.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Thanks guys, I’m getting it now.

[discostu]

It is established. It’s the next part in Einstein’s treatise where he said we couldn’t break the speed of light. Everybody pays attention to his energy curve part but only the hardcore nerd bother with the part where he says the solution is to condense space within a field and fly through that. I don’t know if anybody in Star Trek had actually read that part when they came up with the warp bubble, but the concept definitely pre-exists Trek.

[Dead Corpse]

ZPE. Field theory to "flip" matter to anti-matter. Tap the quantum foam directly for power.

Energy may not be the tough part here.

Even an "exotic" material will need to interact with space/time in ways that nothing else has been able to do that we have found to date. I'm interested in seeing exactly what criteria they think will be required to get this perturbation of space/time to occur within their parameters.

[Buckeye McFrog]

A concept for a real-life warp drive was suggested in 1994 by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre

Interstellar Low Rider?

[tumblindice]

[massgopguy]

“What’s the matter Colonel Sanders? Are you chicken?”

[allmendream]

[Dead Corpse]

Because you are changing your “at rest” state relative to local gravity. With a warp drive like this, it is that “local gravity” that is moving. You’d feel nothing.

[okkev68]

Ok, but what happens to everybody and everything between NYC and Nashville. There has to be some consequence to bending space.

[wbill]

So to alleviate the device's requiring prohibitive amounts of energy to operate, it just needs to be made out of particles that haven't even been encountered.

Yeah....I'll get right on that.

I suppose that it's good for people to dream. My only problem is when "dreams" get reported as "news". Or worse, "science".

[discostu]

Very bad things, which is why it’s only for interstellar space travel, where there’s nothing to be squished.

[GeronL]

eh, flyover country...

seriously... you wouldn’t warp space anywhere near a planet or even within the solar system ideally.

[MeganC]

“You can theoretically create an environment in which a perpetual motion machine will work.”

I see you’ve met the Democrat Party.

[skinkinthegrass]

Because you are changing your “at rest” state relative to local gravity.
With a warp drive like this, it is that “local gravity” that is moving.
You’d feel nothing.thanks, that's very understandable....