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To: Boogieman

Makes more sense theoretically than travelling at high speed thru space which would mean one speck of dust would rip a hole thru the ship`s hull and all would die.

I like to think of space as a piece of paper with two dots on each end. The warp ship bends the paper until the two dots meet so no theoretical danger of space dust shredding your ship.


68 posted on 06/13/2014 10:23:55 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

* the 2 dots of course being point A ( you) and point B (destination) .


69 posted on 06/13/2014 10:27:45 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Well the most realistic idea for a warp drive doesn’t quite do that, that would be more like generating a wormhole.

With the warp drive the ship is actually moving physically towards the destination, slower than light speed, but the bubble around the ship warps space as it travels, making the distance just in front of the ship smaller.


70 posted on 06/13/2014 10:46:28 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Para-Ord.45
The warp ship bends the paper until the two dots meet so no theoretical danger of space dust shredding your ship.

That's assuming there is no "stuff" between the two dots?

71 posted on 06/13/2014 1:04:00 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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