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Fly to the moon in 4 hours: British scientist who says he's found secret of Star Trek's 'warp speed'
The London Daily Mail ^ | May 14, 2015 | Tom Leonard in New York

Posted on 05/14/2015 1:46:07 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: Gaffer

Also think of the G forces while accelerating. The craft would have to limit its acceleration or people in the craft be a Flat Stanley.

That would slow the trip down


21 posted on 05/14/2015 3:38:47 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Did they clear it with the muslims?


22 posted on 05/14/2015 3:49:25 AM PDT by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I heard it will be named Ludicrous Speed.


23 posted on 05/14/2015 3:56:05 AM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: Fai Mao

I think somebody is just looking for investment money for a development effort that will prove infeasible at some point for one reason or another.


24 posted on 05/14/2015 3:59:52 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What's the matter with science writers of today?
The first thing he does is to confuse Power Source and Propulsion.
Then throw in Warp Drive, while later in the article they're talking 2/3 light speed tops.
It sounds like a photon rocket using microwaves.
They have been known, theoretically, for many decades.
Anyone who studies rocket propulsion will quickly realize photon rockets would be ideal, is it wasn't for the small matter of a sufficiently powerful energy source.
Solar panels are wimpy in comparison, and won't do much for you in interstellar space.
You can make a science craft to coast the solar system for years, if it can accelerate at 0.0001 g, need much more for space tourism.

25 posted on 05/14/2015 4:00:48 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The nice thing about light speed is having an excuse for not pulling over.


26 posted on 05/14/2015 4:02:08 AM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
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27 posted on 05/14/2015 4:05:31 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
You might get there in four hours, but can you stop? you will need quite a set of brakes on that ship.

-PJ

28 posted on 05/14/2015 4:10:21 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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29 posted on 05/14/2015 4:10:35 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"It is powered by a device similar to that found in a microwave oven"

How fast is "Timed Defrost"?

30 posted on 05/14/2015 4:11:40 AM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LSD

Lunar Super Drive


31 posted on 05/14/2015 4:23:39 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog ("Islam is Islam. There are no modifiers. It's a political movement masquerading as a religion.")
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32 posted on 05/14/2015 4:35:54 AM PDT by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
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To: equaviator

“’ello, ‘ello, ‘ello, wot we got here, sunshine!”

CC


33 posted on 05/14/2015 4:38:31 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A two gram speck of space rock impacted at 450 million miles an hour should make for an interesting accident report. Speed is one thing; surviving that speed is another thing.


34 posted on 05/14/2015 4:40:52 AM PDT by muir_redwoods ("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
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To: Political Junkie Too

...And you need to find a way to accelerate and decelerate without as a side effect turning the crew into chunky salsa. Suppose we gotta wait for somebody to invent the “inertial compensator”.

CC


35 posted on 05/14/2015 4:46:19 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Invented by now retired British scientist Roger Shawyer a decade ago”

Bull. This joker ripped off Gene Roddenberrys idea ;-)


36 posted on 05/14/2015 4:47:20 AM PDT by lowbridge
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450 million miles an hour? I bet Congress will want the Space Speed Limit to be 55 million miles per hour... to save fuel.😊
37 posted on 05/14/2015 4:51:31 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
skeptical.. yhea"where no scriptwriter has gone before."

38 posted on 05/14/2015 5:05:17 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass ("Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." Hedy Lamarr)
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To: Forty-Niner
I want one for my scooter!

While the cops can't keep up with you, they'll get you once you stop........

39 posted on 05/14/2015 5:10:03 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (November 2016 shall be set aside as rodent removal month.)
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To: Demiurge2

Zephram Cochran sez “I’ll drink to that!”

He’ll drink to anything!


40 posted on 05/14/2015 5:32:39 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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