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Author Topic: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"  (Read 27679 times)

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NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« on: November 28, 2012, 03:56:03 am »
So yeah.

I am reading the abstract behind the Alcubierre Drive here, and the mathematical model looks legitimate? Has anyone else heard about this?

TL;DR NASA thought up Warp Drive which needs less mass-fuel than the mass of a small car.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2012, 04:17:15 am »
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2012, 04:25:21 am »
As I recall, this still requires some exotic matter. Also someone will need to explain to me how they plan to accomplish the expansion of space-time; contraction is easy comparatively.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2012, 06:05:16 am »
I didn't read the entirety of the second link, but would anyone hazard a guess if the Alcubierre Drive would work in atmosphere, and the Drive's effects on solid matter?
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2012, 06:22:16 am »
Quote from: Nightscar982 on November 28, 2012, 06:05:16 am
I didn't read the entirety of the second link, but would anyone hazard a guess if the Alcubierre Drive would work in atmosphere, and the Drive's effects on solid matter?

All I know is that according to science that "Warp Drives" are incredibly destructive.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2012, 06:40:56 am »
By "science" you mean "cracked" right?

This is gonna be sweet until the first ship comes back full of demons.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2012, 06:42:38 am »
If it works, fuck yeah. If it fails, we will go back to putting cargo on basically massive bombs to get it around...
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2012, 06:47:47 am »
Quote from: Cthulhu on November 28, 2012, 06:40:56 am
By "science" you mean "cracked" right?

This is gonna be sweet until the first ship comes back full of demons.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2012, 06:49:06 am »
Daemons aren't gonna eat your eyes. I mean, they're not unreasonable.

However I'd like very much to take a peek into the warp. Just, ya well, to see what it looks like.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2012, 06:49:32 am »
I'm going to laugh when we watch the video of their space craft and all the people inside explode.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2012, 06:51:30 am »
Frankly the fact it's so potentially destructive means it probably has serious money. There's no shortage of people willing to invest in new ways of transporting highly explosive things to places very quickly.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2012, 06:53:50 am »
Am I the only one who thinks this is a load of bullcrap? I don't know, maybe I should read up on this stuff, but the whole spacetime bending always sounded like nerdy fantasy to me.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2012, 06:58:27 am »
Will all be for naught if we don't find a way of getting into space more easily
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2012, 06:58:35 am »
Well yeah, we're designed to understand moderately large objects moving at low speeds.  All of this relativity and quantum bullshit doesn't make any sense to us but apparently the math is there.
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Re: NASA developing Warp Drive, "Alcubierre Drive"
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2012, 07:00:44 am »
Math's just a language, one that allows models that don't neceseraly reflect reality. It's physics you need. I'm mostly curious as to how these scientists are doing their measurements rather then their theorizing.
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