[ExI] New Design of interstellar warp drive

[Christopher Toth]

This is unfortunately as impractical as Alcubierre's solution, and it is 
surprising it is getting airtime. It doesn't give us FTL, for one, 
whereas AFAIK this was already solved, even in our Universe?


Erik Lentz[0] seems to have most of the practicalities figured out, and 
is merely fighting with orders of magnitude--something we should be used 
to conquering here.


[0]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.00652


On 5/31/2024 6:25 PM, spike jones via extropy-chat wrote:
>
> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On 
> Behalf Of *Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] New Design of interstellar warp drive
>
> >…You just need to get in and out of a hollow shell dense enough to be 
> a black hole… Adrian
>
> I’m sorry Dave.  I’m afraid I can’t do that.  Hal
>
> On Fri, May 31, 2024, 6:14 PM BillK via extropy-chat 
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>     A Groundbreaking Scientific Discovery Just Gave Humanity the Keys to
>     Interstellar Travel.
>     In a first, this warp drive actually obeys the laws of physics.
>     By Manasee Wagh    Published: May 29, 2024
>
>     <https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a60941082/light-speed-warp-drive-breakthrough/>
>
>     The Alcubierre drive has a glaring problem: the force behind its
>     operation, called “negative energy,” involves exotic
>     particles—hypothetical matter that, as far as we know, doesn’t exist
>     in our universe. And faster-than-light travel is impossible.
>
>     But a new proposal allows for up-to-light-speed warp drive. So, still
>     impossible at present, but researchers are hopeful.  :)
>
>     Interesting article!
>
>     BillK
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