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Warp Drive Breakthrough Could Enable Constant-Velocity Subluminal Travel, Physics Team Says (thedebrief.org)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Could"

Until a working prototype is built, I will be treating the field of warp drives (even sublight warp) with a healthy dose of skepticism. Glad people are working on it though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's not faster than light speed. So not so sci-fi. But yes, with the current tehnology is not possible to make. BUT the theory checks out. Maybe in 50 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

More than that. Gravity is weak; gravity-based technologies inevitably need insane amounts of material to work. This particular metric also involves shedding mass, y'know, like a rocket would have anyway.

Wasn't this story posted already here? I don't want to rehash if I don't have to.