Tuesday, March 2, 2021

'Warp Drives' (FTL Travel) Possible?

If we're ever able to visit other distant planets we'd have to travel super long distances in shorter amounts of time then present technology allows. The key to all of this is TIME itself. How do you shrink time? By the use of 'warp drives'. That's why they're called 'warp drives'. They'd be able to warp space time.

Is it possible?
THIS ARTICLE AT interestingengineering.com seems to suggest it is. Einstein's theory of general relativity holds that an object cannot accelerate from below to above the speed of light, because the acceleration would take an infinite amount of energy. But there's a loophole, since Einstein's speed limit only applies to objects in space-time, not to the fabric of space-time itself — which can bend, expand, or contract at any speed.

The term "warp drive" implies the bending of the fabric of space-time, and doesn't require the vessel inside the teardrop-shaped space-time bubble to exceed the speed of light to work.
In other words the ship would become somewhat like a time traveler. Of course that could create other challenges which must be overcome. I suggest reading the article regarding these further considerations.
 

Maybe this will help clarify.

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