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Summary: new method of ftl travel proposed that does not require exotic negative energy source. However requires orders of magnitude more energy than provided by a nuclear power plant, methods to reduce this have been proposed.
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Summary: new method of ftl travel proposed that does not require exotic negative energy source. However requires orders of magnitude more energy than provided by a nuclear power plant, methods to reduce this have been proposed.
The ftl part does need negative energy. Subluminal warp bubbles do not need negative matter.
I just went upstairs and moved closer to the sun.
Anyone else remember TNG's New Ground? That was the episode where the Enterprise helps test a soliton wave-based warp mechanism. If I remember right, Geordi is enthusiastic, while Data and Worf are skeptical.
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The ftl part does need negative energy. Subluminal warp bubbles do not need negative matter.
Right; this really doesn't seem to getting anyone any closer to a 'warp drive' in the sense of ftl.
edit: aside from being completely theoretical at this point
Not when the system requires energy equivalent to many Jupiters. To create a useful system you'd need to consume a Sun-sized star of mass on a monthly basis. We aren't there and honestly I don't see us ever being there.
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Summary: new method of ftl travel proposed that does not require exotic negative energy source. However requires orders of magnitude more energy than provided by a nuclear power plant, methods to reduce this have been proposed.
...30 orders of magnitude more than a nuclear power plant.
It got another paper about a magic doodad powered by unicorn farts.
> After studying existing research on warp drives, Lentz realized there were specific forms of spacetime bubbles that scientists had overlooked. These bubbles took the shape of solitons, or compact waves that maintain their whip while moving at constant velocity. Anyone else remember TNG 's New Ground ? That was the episode where the Enterprise helps test a soliton wave-based warp mechanism. If I remember right, Geor…