Warp Speed.

kneemos · 15-03-2015 08:26PM #1

What's the science behind warp speed,or the makey up science at least?

Spunge · 15-03-2015 08:27PM

****'s fast

Kevin McCloud · 15-03-2015 08:33PM

Did the google not have anything to say about it.

kneemos · 15-03-2015 08:33PM

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Did the google not have anything to say about it.

No.

Spunge · 15-03-2015 08:36PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp_drive

brb reading this

Peregrine · 15-03-2015 08:36PM

How do you mean?

In fiction, it's a form of faster than light travel. Light travels at 300,000,000 metres per second and a warp drive, supposedly, propells a spaceship at speeds many orders of magnitudes greater than that.

That's what they mean by warp speed anyway. There's no real science behind it.

Duckworth_Luas · 15-03-2015 08:36PM

Carl Sagan explains it succinctly in this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE

Spunge · 15-03-2015 08:40PM

ended up in theoretical-physics wiki pages, thats the end of that.

Jawgap · 15-03-2015 08:45PM

kneemos wrote: »

What's the science behind warp speed,or the makey up science at least?

Warp drive, in theory wouldn't 'propel' a ship forward it would warp space bringing the point of destination closer.

Needs a lot of energy - a wormhole would be quicker!

kneemos · 15-03-2015 08:53PM

Jawgap wrote: »

Warp drive, in theory wouldn't 'propel' a ship forward it would warp space bringing the point of destination closer.

Needs a lot of energy - a wormhole would be quicker!

You'd need to create something similar to a black energy wise presumably?

Depraved · 15-03-2015 08:56PM

Something to do with reducing the mass of objects and distorting time/space inside a subspace bubble. At least in the Star Trek Universe.

RobbingBandit · 15-03-2015 08:56PM

wendell borton · 15-03-2015 08:56PM

Zefram Cochraine will invent the warp drive in 2063.

Jawgap · 15-03-2015 08:59PM

Lawrence Krause, explains it well - his books looking at the various depictions of science in the movies are good reads.....

For warp speed, you need to start with a condom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myd2OyH21Eg

iDave · 15-03-2015 09:00PM

wendell borton wrote: »

Zefram Cochraine will invent the warp drive in 2063.

We've WW3 to live through first.

The_Valeyard · 15-03-2015 09:00PM

wendell borton wrote: »

Zefram Cochraine will invent the warp drive in 2063.

Thats all well and good but earth has to go through ww3 to get it first.

Jawgap · 15-03-2015 09:02PM

iDave wrote: »

We've WW3 to live through first.

Well I for one can't wait to get my hands on one those fancy communicators they had in Star Trek - imagine having a device you can carry around either you and anyone with a similar device will be able to contact you........

PirateShampoo · 15-03-2015 09:02PM

All I know is that Warp 10 in theory impossible.

The_Valeyard · 15-03-2015 09:04PM

Not a fan of wormholes either. The crew get ripped apart in some demon world and the ship comes back alive and all evil.

Mena · 15-03-2015 09:04PM

wendell borton wrote: »

Zefram Cochraine will invent the warp drive in 2063.

That's all well and good but we'd need to survive Alfre Woodard partnering with him *shudder*

ArtyM · 15-03-2015 09:38PM

iDave wrote: »

We've WW3 to live through first.

I think Wet and Wild 3 was released ages ago, so thats sorted.

Desolation Of Smug · 15-03-2015 09:52PM

Honda cracked this years ago -they called it Vtec.

Iranoutofideas · 15-03-2015 09:56PM

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RobbingBandit · 15-03-2015 10:17PM

Iranoutofideas wrote: »

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sjb25 · 15-03-2015 10:22PM

Desolation Of Smug wrote: »

Honda cracked this years ago -they called it Vtec.

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defrule · 15-03-2015 10:43PM

Alcubierre drive is an interesting one.

Tony EH · 15-03-2015 10:44PM

Jawgap wrote: »

Well I for one can't wait to get my hands on one those fancy communicators they had in Star Trek - imagine having a device you can carry around either you and anyone with a similar device will be able to contact you........

Yeh, but if Apple make it so it can beam you up to a spaceship (or even just to work in the morning) then I will seriously know we've hot the future.

I'll still hate Apple though.

Jawgap · 15-03-2015 11:50PM

Tony EH wrote: »

Yeh, but if Apple make it so it can beam you up to a spaceship (or even just to work in the morning) then I will seriously know we've hot the future.

I'll still hate Apple though.

Cupertino looks like the Star Trek Academy though

Son Of A Vidic · 16-03-2015 12:19AM

Jawgap wrote: »

For warp speed, you need to start with a condom

Makes sense, because there have been reports of lads hitting warp speed to escape after a condom bursts.

Iwasfrozen · 16-03-2015 12:24AM

kneemos wrote: »

What's the science behind warp speed,or the makey up science at least?

It's makey up science, as far as we know nothing can break the light speed barrier and nothing with a mass can ever reach light speed.

Jawgap · 16-03-2015 12:26AM

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

It's makey up science, as far as we know nothing can break the light speed barrier and nothing with a mass can ever reach light speed.

With a warp drive, you don't move the ship, you warp space and bring your destination to you - the speed of light is irrelevant.

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Well I guess it comes down to how to generate negative energy and if enough can be generated to carry this out.

How would this affect time dilation though?

You can travel into the past

Warp Speed.

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