NASA is working on warp drives

[YayFun]

HOUSTON — A warp drive to achieve faster-than-light travel — a concept popularized in television's Star Trek — may not be as unrealistic as once thought, scientists say.

A warp drive would manipulate space-time itself to move a starship, taking advantage of a loophole in the laws of physics that prevent anything from moving faster than light. A concept for a real-life warp drive was suggested in 1994 by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre; however, subsequent calculations found that such a device would require prohibitive amounts of energy.

Now physicists say that adjustments can be made to the proposed warp drive that would enable it to run on significantly less energy, potentially bringing the idea back from the realm of science fiction into science.

More at: http://www.space.com/17628-warp-drive-possible-interstellar-spaceflight.html

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[Tonkka]

Im gonna make one to my fridge from my computer.

[YayFun]

Apparently they are already testing a mini-version also.

[Clone v.117]

inb4 they cant do it

[Tetris]

INB4 THEY DO

[ShadowsfeaR]

Mind forget

[Prozy]

Oh lordy,

Inb4alienattack

[ChexGuy331]

Taker her out, Mr. Sulu.

[Lamebro1]

>send this thing to mars.
>Step on teleporter pad by accident
>wheretheforget am i

[slimabob]

Im gonna make one to my fridge from my computer.

Best idea ever.

[Tokthree]

Maybe this sort of development will get NASA that budget they keep on losing

[Tetris]

Hello

...The future!

[azhrei]

Im gonna make one to my fridge from my computer.

This.

[Isaac Fox]

I don't see how this is possible.

[zackin5]

I'm wondering how they're gonna fix the issue of everything inside the bubble being stir-fried by hawking radiation, not being able to see out of it, not being able to stop it, and everything around you being vaporized when you do stop it.


Outside of those little kinks, It's still pretty neat.