I wouldn't mind a squint at that guys paper when it's published; assuming someone translates it from the Dutch.
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I too hope that this occurs in my lifetime. Another idea - they are looking at the warp bubble theory, but what of the Solaton wave idea in some TNG ep whose name escapes me at present. It failed in the episode, but it is no less realistic than the warp bubble. It would be a good idea to look at both of them.
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Well, they say it's not likely to happen soon. However, didn't Alcubierre just come up w/ his theory about five years ago, and they thought it impossible? If they make another breakthrough in another five years, it may be less improbable than they even think now...
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...And right after I hit the "submit" button, I remembered this site. It isn't as current as the BBC news thingie, but what the heck.
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It's certainly interesting. But I'm not quite sure what they're suggesting. Yes, spacetime can be warped. That's what gravity is. But you need a whole heck of a lot of it to really do anything. Perhaps I need to further research the topic.
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Though I should mention that a few researchers are claiming to have achieved a small level of "gravity modification." If true, that would call for a drastic restructuring of our current understanding of gravity and its relationship to the universe. Now that might lead the way to traveling faster than light.
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RW: Uh... Even if they invented a warp drive today, I think people would have a hard time abusing it. I mean, who's going to be able to get ahold of it? Is someone going to build a warp ship in their basement? We currently have the technology to put people in space. People don't abuse that, because they can't do it on their own. I would think the same would be true of warp drive.
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Actually, the Solaton wave makes NO sense to me. You get fired into warp at one end by a machine, and a machine at your destination slows you down.
Okay, we get fired to Alpha Centuri. Now, we get there. We wait for the machine to dissapate the wave. We slam into the sun.
Can you see the problem here?
Besides, why is it as viable as warp? They are both things thought up by TV writers. The version of warp-speed being dreamt up by scientists who wear awful cardigans is no doubt quite a bit different from the sketchy version of Okuda and Sternbach's.
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