Star Treks warp drive might be possible
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2012-09-18 13:17 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
So arrive just above or below the planetary disk and use sub-light to approach the planet.
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Why? It seems more dependent on how far you travel than on the energy expended to get there.
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Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
Exactly. And that should also significantly reduces the build up of forward-facing particles. What is also interesting is that that energy could be harness to perpetuate the process.
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Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
Honestly, as much as I would love the idea, the human race as it is (socio-economic) would frighten me to have this kind of power.
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It's because Gamilas has a secret base there to attack the earth in 186 years.|
Originally Posted by ebon3
Pffftttt.... just need to make it to Mars and then find out why Pluto's orbit is wobbling.
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Space Battleship Yamoto?
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Originally Posted by Dr_Illuminatis
It's because Gamilas has a secret base there to attack the earth in 186 years.
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Because what's always bothered me about that calculation is the apparent presumption Alcubierre warps bypass the law of conservation of energy. I presume the energy that accelerates those particles comes from the gravitational energy of the warp, but there's no reason to presume that's unlimited.
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Originally Posted by BellaStrega
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According to the Wikipedia page, at least, there is also the problem that everything inside the bubble would be obliterated by high-energy Hawking radiation.
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