Warp Drives FTL
Commenters speculate on whether a scientific paper or discovery about spacetime manipulation enables warp drives, wormholes, or faster-than-light travel, frequently referencing the Alcubierre drive and its feasibility under relativity.
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problem is it's not really a wormhole, so no FTL yet
Does this bring us any closer to warp drives?
SPOILER ALERT: Wormholes and warp drives will not work, cannot work, are not physically possible (even though they are "solutions" to the EFE), would not be feasible even if remotely physically possible.
could this be used in > light speed travel?
FTL travel? Is anyone looking into this?
Here comes the Alcubierre Warp Drive!
Just like the alcubierre drive!
Star Trek's warp drive actually does not necessarily move the ship at faster-than-light-speed, but by warping space-time around the ship ("warp bubble"), so only the effective distance crossed per time is faster than SoL. I'm sure many of HN's audience are already aware of that, but it's worth noting that this might in theory even be possible: https://en.m.wikiped
Or some kind of space-time warp drive
Warp the space containing mass and energy in your travel path?