Warp Drive anyone?
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Warp Drive anyone?
Just some more studies on Star Trek style warp drives. Seems research is doing well http://news.yahoo.com/warp-drive-may-mo ... 01109.html
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Re: Warp Drive anyone?
Fox News website covered that story as well. First warp is possible, then it takes more energy than the entire universe contains, then the output of a small star but possible, then some other problem, not it is possible again... Well, hope is hope.
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Re: Warp Drive anyone?
Right now, the biggest outstanding problem (aside from technical feasibility) is the creation of gamma ray bursts at the destination. That's a killer (pun more than intended)
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Re: Warp Drive anyone?
Whats the burst radius or no idea yet?
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Re: Warp Drive anyone?
I think it's like a gamma ray laser, with gamma rays shot out in the direction of movement, and spread dictated by diffraction (which for gamma rays I'd imagine is very tiny)
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Re: Warp Drive anyone?
I'm still waiting on the thermo nuke fueled pusher rocket to be tested :p (nucluer pulse rocket) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Or ... pulsion%29
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