[omegaman]

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...ive-plausible/

[Saquist]

Thank you Omega. Very informative.

I can't count how many times I've said it. Warp Drive is realistic not just by theory but by effective demonstration at an event horizon. I've had that discussion a dozen times and it's far too obvious to anyone that knows the slightest bit on how space and gravity work.

Amazingly Trek got alot of stuff right.
So far shot down:
Warp speed isn't possible: Wrong
Trek ship are the wrong shape: Doesn't really matter and wrong
Instant Transportation isn't possible: Wrong

For being in an incredible time our young minds are incredibly hard headed. We could do some amazing things if the average mind would try some thinking and exploring on knowledge rather than believing the tripe their spoon fed from the media and internet outlets.

Dare to understand what you know...

[NCC-73515]

At school, I was always ridiculed for being sure it's possible XD

[Captain Tom Coughlin]

Whether or not warp drive is possible is still at best an open question. These are little more than interesting intellectual exercises at our current level of technology. There is nothing here in practical terms that could lead to the production of warp drive. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

And if it is possible, it's a very long way off.

[kevin]

The article clearly points out this remains theoretical with several hurdles to be overcome even if the theory was moved along to 'practical' stages. We remain unpossessed of all the understanding to make it work.

Like it says, in the 'far future'.................maybe.

[Captain Tom Coughlin]

Originally Posted by kevin

The article clearly points out this remains theoretical with several hurdles to be overcome even if the theory was moved along to 'practical' stages. We remain unpossessed of all the understanding to make it work.

Like it says, in the 'far future'.................maybe.

Exactly

[Saquist]

Originally Posted by Captain Tom Coughlin

Whether or not warp drive is possible is still at best an open question. These are little more than interesting intellectual exercises at our current level of technology. There is nothing here in practical terms that could lead to the production of warp drive. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

And if it is possible, it's a very long way off.

Originally Posted by kevin

The article clearly points out this remains theoretical with several hurdles to be overcome even if the theory was moved along to 'practical' stages. We remain unpossessed of all the understanding to make it work.

Like it says, in the 'far future'.................maybe.

It's like you two are communicating in another language.
It said more "realistic" & a "possibility" as in within the power or ability of someone or something. As opposed to Impossible. Not only is this exactly what I said before by means of demonstration of a quantum singularity it's an upgrade in thought and concept that radically reduces the power requirements from stellar to terrestrial. This is more than just being negative or miss reading the article. This is miss-comprehension and opposition to the idea itself. Doors are opening, information is expanding and yet our minds are tenaciously against it.

Originally Posted by Akula2ssn

More hypothetical than theoretical. Not a naysayer myself, but there's far too many missing pieces in the theoretical aspect. Even if there weren't, it still remains little more than academic. Even with 100% efficiency, powering such a thing isn't even practical. Generally speaking, we aren't even within the ballpark of 25% energy efficiency. Thermal dynamics is kind of a b***h in that regard.

It's been hypothetical since Alcubierre broke the pseudo science barrier by applying mathematical logic to the problem. As a result the unanswered variables were:

Power
Field Creation Method
Field Termination Method

Artificially speaking this developing idea has just brought the concept to not just a possibility (which it always was possible if not by humans) then to a human probable concept. And likely progressing our understanding of the universe such as we have with the Higgs Field and expectantly solving the problems of missing matter and energy will continue to update this concept. Time is really the only obstacle. So remember nothing is feasible by contemplating how it can't be done. We've gotten this far by imagining the impossible and devising possibilities. That's how flight was achieved that how nuclear power was achieved and that is how landing on other worlds were achieved.

[horatio]

Aha, so it doesn't require a gargantuan but merely a giganormous amount of energy which cannot be created by ordinary means but requires that we tap into the funky force that is supposed to cause the expansion of the universe. Realistic sounds different.

[Akula2ssn]

More hypothetical than theoretical. Not a naysayer myself, but there's far too many missing pieces in the theoretical aspect. Even if there weren't, it still remains little more than academic. Even with 100% efficiency, powering such a thing isn't even practical. Generally speaking, we aren't even within the ballpark of 25% energy efficiency. Thermal dynamics is kind of a b***h in that regard.

[Captain Tom Coughlin]

When we say theory, we aren't even talking about the engineering aspects of it. We are saying this is nothing more than interesting abstract mathematical theory. There is nothing even close to anything of a practical nature here yet.