Just Jack Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Warp Drive May Be More Feasible Than 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I don't have a garage. I do have a workshop, however. But it's currently configured for bioweapons production. Not high-energy physics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I don't have a garage. I do have a workshop, however. But it's currently configured for bioweapons production. Not high-energy physics. And getting your lawn mower started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Warp Drive May Be More Feasible Than Thought, Scientists Say Does the IRS know about these loopholes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I've always wondered - if you're in your car at night, traveling faster than the speed of light, and you turn your headlights on, what happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills_fan_in_raleigh Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I don't have a garage. I do have a workshop, however. But it's currently configured for bioweapons production. Not high-energy physics. Eating alot of pork and beans I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Eating alot of pork and beans I guess If he could find a way to harness Beerball's flatulence he'd be a millionaire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optometric Insight Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I've always wondered - if you're in your car at night, traveling faster than the speed of light, and you turn your headlights on, what happens? You explode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 A loophole in the laws of physics? That's a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 And getting your lawn mower started. Generator. Lawn mower's fine. Generator's non-functional at the moment...which is too bad, since I need it to run the ball mill and autoclave... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicBills Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Warp Drive May Be More Feasible Than Thought, Scientists Say http://www.daveware.co.uk/hannah/blog/files/aliens-meme.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 http://www.daveware....aliens-meme.jpg Seriously, what the !@#$ is up with that dude's hair? He looks like a meteorite just crashed into the back of his head, and hair tsunami is about to crash on his forehead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b stein 22 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I've always wondered - if you're in your car at night, traveling faster than the speed of light, and you turn your headlights on, what happens? You can't go faster than the speed of light. As you approach the speed of light you and your car would essentially become a time machine. Time slows down as you reach the speed of light and if anyone could look inside of your car you would be moving in slow motion. So you could essentially bypass every season until we become a contentdor with out aging a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 You can't go faster than the speed of light. As you approach the speed of light you and your car would essentially become a time machine. Time slows down as you reach the speed of light and if anyone could look inside of your car you would be moving in slow motion. So you could essentially bypass every season until we become a contentdor with out aging a bit. Cool; I'd be up for checking out the 22d century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I've always wondered - if you're in your car at night, traveling faster than the speed of light, and you turn your headlights on, what happens? If you were traveling in the daytime in this scenario would you still be in the dark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 You can't go faster than the speed of light. As you approach the speed of light you and your car would essentially become a time machine. Time slows down as you reach the speed of light and if anyone could look inside of your car you would be moving in slow motion. So you could essentially bypass every season until we become a contentdor with out aging a bit. Well, kind of. If the Bills could become relevent in the next 20 or even 200 years, it would be like a blip of time to the time traveller. If it takes another 2,000-20,000 years for Ralph to finally pass the reins, that time traveller will age as well. But we'll have the advantage of being dead by the time the Bills are finally relevant again. (And we won't have to suffer through the extra 180-19,980 years to get there.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 You can't go faster than the speed of light. As you approach the speed of light you and your car would essentially become a time machine. Time slows down as you reach the speed of light and if anyone could look inside of your car you would be moving in slow motion. So you could essentially bypass every season until we become a contentdor with out aging a bit. I've always heard that this last bit involving "time travel" w/o aging involved orbiting a black hole (at such an orbit/distance/speed so as to avoid getting sucked in) and then eventually leaving that orbit. The argument holds that the orbiter wouldn't have aged much, but hundreds/thousands of years would have gone by on Earth. It's not time travel as some think of it, but it does get the gist accomplished and while it'd bedamn difficult, will fail with disastrous effect if some little thing goes wrong and is probably a technological impossibility even trying to think. about what kind of technology is yet to come, it is theoretically possible, according to Hawking et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I've always heard that this last bit involving "time travel" w/o aging involved orbiting a black hole (at such an orbit/distance/speed so as to avoid getting sucked in) and then eventually leaving that orbit. The argument holds that the orbiter wouldn't have aged much, but hundreds/thousands of years would have gone by on Earth. Same thing, actually. Those being the same thing (time dilation at speeds close to c/time dilation in a gravitational well) represent a fundamental concept of General Relativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Seriously, what the !@#$ is up with that dude's hair? He looks like a meteorite just crashed into the back of his head, and hair tsunami is about to crash on his forehead. LoL Of course he is going for the not so subtle "Einstein" look. :-O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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