DutyCat Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Check this out.... Scientists say warp drive might be possible Pardon me while I go work on my NX-01 kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I just can't do it captain. I don't have the powerrrrrr. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I thats why they wont legalize drugs... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Kewl :D Now, how do we get hold of "exotic" matter and how do we build with it? Are we talking dark matter or non baryonic matter? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 It'll run on Unobtainium... -Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 How will TEXAS cope with all the alien matter invading it... :taunt: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Horrido Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Still trying to figure out how they got to Dune in order to mine spice for long-distance space travel in the first place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChippyWho Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Kewl :D Now, how do we get hold of "exotic" matter and how do we build with it? Are we talking dark matter or non baryonic matter? Making a start, Sir: Cosmos You can't get the timber these days, you know... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erik_g Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Didn't we discuss this not long ago? It would really be wonderful if they managed to create a real, working warpdrive. Then we could expand our horizons a bit further instead of sending tin cans with wheels to Mars :-) /E Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I'm going to clean out my Jefferies tubes in anticipation! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MHaz Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I'm going to clean out my Jefferies tubes in anticipation! TMI... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) Didn't we discuss this not long ago? /E Yeah it was called StarGate Universe :P Edited September 19, 2012 by Neo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 How will TEXAS cope with all the alien matter invading it... :taunt: The same way London did last month. We'll hire Bobbys. Or is it Bobbies? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K-5 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Check this out.... Scientists say warp drive might be possible Pardon me while I go work on my NX-01 kit. Can't believe I'm saying this, but we ought not pursue relativity concept systems at this time, but focus more on the plasma arch propulsion systems. Warp is definitely the future, although distant one, but electrochemical systems are a necessary departure from chemical rockets and their limits into viable exploration and colonization of outer planets and moons in the solar system. Besides, small experimental plasma arch systems already exist and are rigorously tested and improved, while warping is still a physicists' game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Can't believe I'm saying this, but we ought not pursue relativity concept systems at this time Maybe we already have and this is just a temporal loop coming back at us? Just sayin... :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K-5 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Maybe we already have and this is just a temporal loop coming back at us? Just sayin... :) Possible, do I hear Pink Floyd in the background? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChippyWho Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Can't believe I'm saying this, but we ought not pursue relativity concept systems at this time, but focus more on the plasma arch propulsion systems. Warp is definitely the future, although distant one, but electrochemical systems are a necessary departure from chemical rockets and their limits into viable exploration and colonization of outer planets and moons in the solar system. Besides, small experimental plasma arch systems already exist and are rigorously tested and improved, while warping is still a physicists' game. FFWD to the Ace Cafe, Kepler 22B, sometime in the future: who wants to be the guy who parks his ride round the back...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FM-Whip Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Maybe we already have and this is just a temporal loop coming back at us? Just sayin... :) So where are the visitors from the future? All of this stuff is theoretical anyway. This latest "news" means that an actual warp drive is 99.99999999% unfeasible instead of 100% unfeasible. Notice I didn't say impossible. Call me back when they actually get some appreciable amount of "exotic mater" in hand with which to build such a spacecraft power source. John Hairell (tpn18@yahoo.com) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DutyCat Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 (edited) So where are the visitors from the future? All of this stuff is theoretical anyway. This latest "news" means that an actual warp drive is 99.99999999% unfeasible instead of 100% unfeasible. Notice I didn't say impossible. Call me back when they actually get some appreciable amount of "exotic mater" in hand with which to build such a spacecraft power source. John Hairell (tpn18@yahoo.com) I think you are missing the point. Star Trek, which is really what this thread is all about, represents an inspiring vision of the future where the world's major problems have been solved, we have survived our technological adolescence, and people from different cultures have pulled together and are "seeking out new life and new civilizations, boldly going, etc." The credibility of this vision rests partly on the credibility of the detailed "universe" that has been created to support it. Down to earth, practical Individuals who are familiar with the difficult physics involved are doubtful of the feasibility of warp drive, transporters, cloaking devices, etc. But there have always been learned skeptics who were trapped by their own paradigms or overly conservative thinking, while people with vision, persistence, and innovation, have found a way to make things happen. Science Fiction often leads the way because of its very nature...by extrapolation of existing or potential technologies. Jules Verne's electric submarine came true. Spacecraft to the moon and other planets are came true. The Razor flip phone was directly inspired by the communicator device on Star Trek. The only way to make a future vision happen is to imagine it first and be inspired by it. The fact that a NASA scientist, at this relatively early stage, is saying, "well, maybe warp drive IS possible after all" is enough to give average fans who are inspired by the Star Trek vision, renewed hope. That is far better than scientists saying "It is complete B.S. It is completely against the laws of physics. It is just a stupid plot device. The only way we are ever going to get anywhere is with generation ships traveling through space for thousands of years." People alive today will never see warp drive personally, of course. It might not happen for 500-1000 years, and if and when it does, things won't be exactly like the TREK universe. There won't be Klingons, Romulans, or the Borg. There will be other things...other discoveries, and perhaps other menaces. But I can tell you this, if and when it does come, the first warp drive capable ship, will carry the name Enterprise. Edited September 23, 2012 by DutyCat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DutyCat Posted September 22, 2012 Author Share Posted September 22, 2012 (edited) DUPE Edited September 22, 2012 by DutyCat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevehnz Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 But I can tell you this, if and when it does come, the first warp drive capable ship, will carry the name Enterprise. Of such are the stuff of dreams. :thumbsup: Steve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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