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faster-than-light warp drive.

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Can I put it in my 6?
 
I've got a Laycock de Normanville that makes warp speed at the flick of a finger.
 
That's awesome. I'd love to live long enough to see that trip.
 
You know, I've thought about this whole thing before. The problem with faster-than-light travel (or lightspeed travel) is that when an object of mass m approaches the speed of light, its mass increases to infinity as does the required energy to reach or maintain that speed. But why does an object need to reach that speed at all? According to the theory of relativity, as an object approaches the speed of light, time effectively slows around it. Take for example the old example of an astronaut who travels near the speed of light for a year and returns to earth to find all his friends in retirement homes. If that's the case, traveling slower than the speed of light technically results in faster-than-light travel times, right? I suppose this method would dramatically reduce the energy expenditure though. I'd be curious to know what "causes" that bubble to form.
 
Elva164 said:
I'd be curious to know what "causes" that bubble to form.
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You and about every physics PhD on planet earth, sir! :grin:
 
You're killing me with that pic Elva 164
 
Mitsy drove our Mk-I as her daily commuter for years. I painted the bonnet lid to match Jimmy's. Not many knew what it was.

...sure wish I'd kept that car... :miserable:
 
The TV show futurescape just had a new episode where this whole concept was covered by the guy from NASA. The episode was called galactic pioneers.
 
You never know. Somwhere, someday, someone thinking outside the traditional box will discover something that will be it or lead to it. There have always been those types. Back in the later 19th century it was propsed that the patent office be closed as everything had been invented and there was no further need. And look how the world has changed in 130 years and all the things not even imagined then.
 
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