[ExI] is a FTL drive a dream without any physics to back it up?

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Wed Dec 14 09:30:16 UTC 2011


On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 08:19:43PM -0500, Joseph Bloch wrote:

> I would agree about the generation ship comment ("tomorrow" being an
> obvious rhetorical flourish). It's certainly possible that such a
> thing could probably be done in a reasonable amount of time, say 10-20
> years (less if there were some imminent global catastrophe), if there
> were a global consensus to do so and a realistic destination. Not a
> practical thing, but definitely within the realm of possibility.

Space will never belong to monkeys. Convert to solid state, and enjoy
your relativistic ride at whatever duty cycle you want. 



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