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Guam
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137 months
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warp9
659 posts
66 months
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To infinity and beyond......!
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MartG
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73 months
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LordGrover
18,626 posts
81 months
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link said: White and his team are experimenting with a mini-version of a warp drive in their laboratory, using laser to try to warp space and time in miniature. Can I have a job please, Mr White?
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PeanutHead
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39 months
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Guvernator
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34 months
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Hmm I thought the often sited consensus, even on this forum was that faster than light travel was impossible. Would any of the more knowledgeable physicists on here like to comment on this? Scientifically possible or a load of codswallop?
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LordGrover
18,626 posts
81 months
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 Did you not read the article or links?
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Nuclearsquash
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131 months
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You don't need to go faster than light, just bend space to make the effective distance travelable at normal speeds.
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Guvernator
2,748 posts
34 months
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Yes I did read the article and to be honest the article is confusing in itself but then it's the Daily Mail so I shouldn't be surprised really.
The OP's topic heading, the term Warp and the article itself all reference FTL travel but then the actual scientist is talking about bending space which has nothing to do with going faster than light but more to do with circumventing it instead.
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Krikkit
2,446 posts
50 months
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Forget the spurious and ludicrous article, the comments are priceless!
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Guvernator
2,748 posts
34 months
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Krikkit said: Forget the spurious and ludicrous article, the comments are priceless! Indeed, with the primary school grasp of physics on display, some of those people should be contributing to the Science forum!
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TheHeretic
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124 months
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They say it is a ship. It isn't. It's an American football.
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Guam
Original Poster
15,302 posts
137 months
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Guvernator said: Yes I did read the article and to be honest the article is confusing in itself but then it's the Daily Mail so I shouldn't be surprised really.
The OP's topic heading, the term Warp and the article itself all reference FTL travel but then the actual scientist is talking about bending space which has nothing to do with going faster than light but more to do with circumventing it instead. Thats the point of WARP in that context <warping space>  It was posted for a giggle, most folks got it, clearly not you. The Airplane on a conveyor thread should give you endless pleasure A Car sized warp craft on a car forum why would that be pertinent
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Simpo Two
54,223 posts
134 months
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I always thought 'Warp 9' was 9x speed of light...
It must be an equivalent. IE I'm going to scrunch up this bit of space so much that I can get through it at sub light speed but to an outside observer it will SEEM to be 9c'
Who sends these outside observers anyway?!
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Art0ir
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39 months
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tuffer
5,181 posts
136 months
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So let me get this right, you float an American football in the middle of a Doughnut and jobs a good-un!!
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plasticpig
8,327 posts
94 months
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Simpo Two said: I always thought 'Warp 9' was 9x speed of light...
It must be an equivalent. IE I'm going to scrunch up this bit of space so much that I can get through it at sub light speed but to an outside observer it will SEEM to be 9c'
Who sends these outside observers anyway?! Slightly faster than that otherwise Captain Kirk wouldn't have got to Alpha Centauri before the first series was over.
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Simpo Two
54,223 posts
134 months
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Logathithmic perhaps then.
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Guam
Original Poster
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137 months
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plasticpig said: Slightly faster than that otherwise Captain Kirk wouldn't have got to Alpha Centauri before the first series was over. No but he could have cut plenty pizza I bet http://store.space.com/gifts-gadgets/star-trek-ent...Hat tip to the poster above for the news link that threw the Advert up
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annodomini2
4,771 posts
120 months
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Still impractical, just less unrealistic.
The fundamental issue is the 2nd half of the equation, notably: "Expand space-time behind the ship".
This effectively requires manipulation of the (currently) highly theoretical dark energy, which will still aren't certain exists.
Whether it can be manipulated or not is another issue.
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