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Introducing the Warpship

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fastest-ship-in-the-west dept.

astroengine writes "Dr. Richard Obousy, a guy who has put modern science into the warp drive, has designed his very own warpship. Now, for the first time, he's shared it with the world. It might not be the sleek Starship Enterprise, but its structure has been optimized to harness local 'dark energy,' generating a warp bubble so faster-than-light velocities are possible." Now, the only question is: will the ship achieve faster-than-light travel ... or will the company hit those speeds once it has enough money from investors?

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  1. Only solving half the problem... by argent · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You still end up with global causality violation if an object can communicate outside its light cone.

  2. Re:Let's not put the cart before the horse by FredFredrickson · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Did anybody else have the name Steorn come to mind?

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  3. William Shatner said it perfectly by peter303 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    William Shatner: "You know, before I answer any more questions there's something I wanted to say. Having received all your letters over the years, and I've spoken to many of you, and some of you have traveled... y'know... hundreds of miles to be here, I'd just like to say... GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it's just a TV show! I mean, look at you, look at the way you're dressed! You've turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME!"

  4. Discover Magazine covered this by IonOtter · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It was several years ago, illustrated by Larry Gonick in his cartoon science series, "Light Elements". Same premise, same idea, but the biggest problem that was mentioned in the cartoon, has not been mentioned in this article?

    You can start the compression in front of the ship, and also start the expansion behind the ship, which will get it moving.

    However, once you've generated the compression/expansion wave, its self-sustaining. That brings up the problem, just how do you get the forward compression to stop??? What sort of "signal" do you send ahead of the compression wave to nullify it and allow you to stop? According to the Discover article, it "involved some sort of 'anti-gravity'.", which so far hasn't been invented yet.

    So what you've got is a one-way, warp-speed trip around existence for all of eternity.

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