05-10-2013, 03:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-28-2013, 10:39 AM by Sim Koning.)
(05-10-2013, 11:31 AM)Drashner1 Wrote: Actually, if I'm reading this right the ship would go from .2c to 20x c, not 200% (or 2x) c.
I have no idea if this is a reasonable idea or not. In OA, we presume that the archai are somehow able to influence the properties of a warp bubble using equipment inside it such that it 'warps' in whatever direction and at whatever (sub-c) velocity is desired.
What is described here seems less advanced than that, but we'll need Adam to weigh in on whether this particular warp drive seems workable in any fashion or not.
Todd
Not sure why I wrote 2 times the speed of light rather than 20...
As far as I can tell, this paper also makes no mention of the need for tachyonic matter, massive amounts of hawking radiation building up in the bubble etc.