<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">New Warp-Drive Propulsion Concept Moves Fictional Starships Closer to Engineering Reality<br>Chrissy Newton·December 9, 2025<br><<a href="https://thedebrief.org/new-warp-drive-propulsion-concept-moves-fictional-starships-closer-to-engineering-reality/" target="_blank">https://thedebrief.org/new-warp-drive-propulsion-concept-moves-fictional-starships-closer-to-engineering-reality/</a>><br>Quote:<br>A new warp-drive study proposes a novel segmented design that could sidestep many of the problems in the original decades-old concept, bringing the possibility of hyper-fast space travel one step closer to becoming a reality.<br><br><div>While practical application remains distant, White and his colleagues’ study provides warp-drive theorists with a new direction and a clearer path to potentially engineerable geometries. </div><div>------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Gemini 3 Pro Thinking was rather dismissive of this article and the paper.</div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default">Full review here - <<a href="https://gemini.google.com/share/82600018a181" target="_blank">https://gemini.google.com/share/82600018a181</a>></div></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default">BillK</div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default">Gemini 3 Pro Thinking -</div></div><div><div><h3><b>Conclusion</b></h3><p>The paper is a legitimate mathematical exercise that proves you can shape a warp bubble's energy field into cylinders rather than a ring. However, <i>The Debrief</i> overstates the implications. We are not closer to building a warp drive; we just have a clearer picture of what the unbuildable engine might look like if we ever found the impossible fuel to power it.</p><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">-------------------------</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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