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[LordBraxton]

http://beforeitsnews...ay-2459620.html

[Strum Wealh]

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Minor nitpick: what is described in the article is not at all like a KF Drive - not all FTL drives are created equal.
The NASA concept, based on the work of one Dr. Miguel Alcubierre (with the original paper here), is more similar to Star Trek's "warp drive" in that is distorts "normal space"/"real space".
By contrast, the KF Drive is is described to work by (essentially) opening a portal into another spacial plane outside of "normal space" (that is, "hyperspace"), moving the ship through that, and opening a second portal back into "normal space".
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Also, the companion articles:
http://www.universet...iller-downside/
http://www.popsci.co...ng-consequences

(Incidentally, that may be part of why Federation starships have that massive deflector dish...)

Still, cool article, and thanks for sharing!

[Syllogy]

I'll give credit for this one. That story is kinda cool.

[ChuChuRo]

From what I've read and what's not mentioned there is, that this modified Alcubierre Drive would still need about 500t of Exotic Matter with negative mass. The problem is not the 500t but that the stuff still has to be found to exist.

Edit: Hmm, can't find where I've read it. So I might be wrong about the 500t. Especially since some newer sources say it would be possible with much less. Still... Keep your eyes open for blue glowing pebbles repelling each other.

Edited by ChuChuRo, 24 June 2013 - 10:19 AM.

[CMDR Sunset Shimmer]

ChuChuRo, on 24 June 2013 - 07:51 AM, said:

From what I've read and what's not mentioned there is, that this modified Alcubierre Drive would still need about 500t of Exotic Matter with negative mass. The problem is not the 500t but that the stuff still has to be found to exist.

Edit: Hmm, can't find where I've read it. So I might be wrong about the 500t. Especially since some newer sources say it would be possible with much less. Still... Keep your eyes open for blue glowing pepples repelling each other.

Current technology isn't quite in the right space.

However Gizmodo did a report on this regarding a possible crystaline fuel source scientests were working on and planing calling "Dilithium" in honor of Star Trek.

[LordBraxton]

Yeah I am not saying this is on the horizon for our lifetimes, or even possible.

I just love that NASA is activly TRYING to develop a warp drive

though I would probably describe this as like a.... 'Slip Space' drive or something

[Strum Wealh]

Jade Kitsune, on 24 June 2013 - 08:23 AM, said:

Current technology isn't quite in the right space.

However Gizmodo did a report on this regarding a possible crystaline fuel source scientests were working on and planing calling "Dilithium" in honor of Star Trek.

Do you mean this stuff?

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According to Txchnologist, General Electric’s online tech magazine, this fusion reactor would be fueled by “a few tonnes” of deuterium (a heavy isotope of hydrogen) and lithium-6 (a stable molecule of lithium) in a crystalline structure — hence the “dilithium crystal” claim. Technically, dilithium is a molecule with two covalently bonded lithium atoms, while lithium-6 features six bonded atoms, but we can forgive them for the temptation of using a little poetic license. When the deuterium and the lithium-6 are forced together under high pressure they undergo a fusion reaction — a process which they’re still trying to turn into a net producer of energy. While fusion isn’t yet a viable fuel source, recent developments in the field seem to indicate that we can’t be far away.

[Galen Crayn]

Go to the NASA website...
http://www.nasa.gov/...arpstat_prt.htm
http://www.nasa.gov/...rp/socanwe.html
Dont believe such strange websites... They are like the esoteric and alien stuff...

This what they are working at:
http://www.nasa.gov/...sion_space.html
Not so impressive, isnt it?

Edited by Galen Crayn, 24 June 2013 - 09:56 AM.

[ChuChuRo]

LordBraxton, on 24 June 2013 - 08:57 AM, said:

Yeah I am not saying this is on the horizon for our lifetimes, or even possible.

Hell! If they're ever gonna testdrive it and I'm still alive, I'll beg them so long 'til they put me in there. I'll probably be an old man by then, so I don't care how many of my atoms eventually get there or anywhere. Just explode me for science.

Edited by ChuChuRo, 24 June 2013 - 10:32 AM.