Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

This Is NASA’s New Design for a Faster-Than-Light Ship
http://www.popularmechanics.com ^ | June 11, 2014 | by Niko Vercelletto

Posted on 06/12/2014 5:59:24 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45

Looking like something out of Ender’s Game, this illustration comes courtesy NASA physicist Harold White, who collaborated with an artist to reveal what a warp drive ship might actually look like. Back in 2012, White revealed that he and a team were designing a faster-than-light ship. This is the first hint at its appearance.

(Excerpt) Read more at popularmechanics.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-76 next last

1 posted on 06/12/2014 5:59:24 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Para-Ord.45

I said it yesterday, if it relies on technology that does not exist, it is nothing but fantasy.


2 posted on 06/12/2014 6:02:41 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Blood of Tyrants

Still waiting for orion first...

3 posted on 06/12/2014 6:04:57 PM PDT by GraceG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Para-Ord.45

Very cool. A beautiful visions.


4 posted on 06/12/2014 6:05:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Blood of Tyrants

Give it time BOT. Much of what we have today is based upon tech that didn’t exist 100 to 200 years ago. We are going to the stars. And I believe sooner than we think.


5 posted on 06/12/2014 6:05:46 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Para-Ord.45
When are we going to design these for our trip when we conduct light speed???
6 posted on 06/12/2014 6:08:11 PM PDT by BCW (Salva reipublicae)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Blood of Tyrants

No problem. Obamas got Biden working on a plan to slow down light.


7 posted on 06/12/2014 6:09:47 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Blood of Tyrants
I said it yesterday, if it relies on technology that does not exist, it is nothing but fantasy.

There were two brothers named Wright who created technology because they also had a fantasy.

8 posted on 06/12/2014 6:11:30 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Para-Ord.45

Didn’t Einstein theorize that when something approaches light speed it gets larger until it reaches infinite mass?

And, given NASA’s concern about making Muslims feel better, we’d better check to see if they feel good about this.


9 posted on 06/12/2014 6:11:37 PM PDT by lurk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Para-Ord.45

10 posted on 06/12/2014 6:12:03 PM PDT by Third Person
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Para-Ord.45

Solar Warden.


11 posted on 06/12/2014 6:12:13 PM PDT by TennTuxedo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Para-Ord.45

Something I have wondered about is: Can God violate the laws of physics?

My guess is that he can.


12 posted on 06/12/2014 6:12:27 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Blood of Tyrants

This is how they are spending our money while they are not flying to the space station


13 posted on 06/12/2014 6:14:11 PM PDT by reefdiver (Be the Best you can be Whatever you Dream to be)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Blood of Tyrants

“Nothing travels faster than the speed of light except for bad news which obeys laws of it own”

Douglas Adams


14 posted on 06/12/2014 6:14:15 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Para-Ord.45

The development program will be thwarted by a black hole.


15 posted on 06/12/2014 6:16:27 PM PDT by sasquatch
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nuc 1.1

Its built on theory and provable science. I believe White is the guy who has actually been able to consistently warp space by a few nanometers. Obviously not enough to propel a space ship but it does seem to indicate that considerably less mass would be required. (rather than the mass of Jupiter, something the mass of the voyager craft may be enough)


16 posted on 06/12/2014 6:17:45 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Para-Ord.45

Well, I’m so fast, I can turn off the light switch by the door and get under the covers before the light goes out.

Yeah, I stole it from Muhammad Ali.


17 posted on 06/12/2014 6:18:27 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: muir_redwoods

“No problem. Obamas got Biden working on a plan to slow down light.”

He could do that by putting on earmuffs so it can’t get into the vacuum between his ears.

Freegards


18 posted on 06/12/2014 6:20:17 PM PDT by Ransomed
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: blueunicorn6

Well he stole it from an old Paul Bunyan tall tale.


19 posted on 06/12/2014 6:20:40 PM PDT by DManA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: unixfox
Talk of such dark magic is sure to bring the wrath of the gods down upon us and we're clean out of virgins to sacrifice.

Image and video hosting by TinyPic
20 posted on 06/12/2014 6:21:18 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-76 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson