Don't forget Miguel Alcubierre's Warp Drive

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Don't forget Miguel Alcubierre's Warp Drive

LJK — 1/6/2006 5:35:11 PM (archived)

A physicist named Miguel Alcubierre came up with his own Warp Drive concept in 1994:

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

The paper:

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0009013

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/364496.stm

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Earth to Mars in 3 hours? Eleven light years in just 80 days?! - LJK - 1/5/2006 6:16:16 PM
- Some more information - Peter Bruener - 1/8/2006 12:37:40 AM
  - re: Some more information - LJK - 1/8/2006 4:34:12 PM
- The root New Scientist Article - phil - 1/6/2006 3:11:26 PM
  - re: The root New Scientist Article URL - phil - 1/6/2006 3:12:13 PM
    - A quack - or the Next Einstein? - LJK - 1/6/2006 4:16:41 PM
      - Come on...nobody can come up with a subscale experiment? - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 6:32:15 PM
        
        There's 35 Tesla strength magnets in Florida......Make it so! (n/t) - Lee - 1/7/2006 4:23:25 AM
        
        The ability of this theory to determine particle mass does make one wonder. - Lee - 1/6/2006 8:52:48 PM
        
        re: Come on...nobody can come up with a subscale experiment? - LJK - 1/6/2006 7:51:08 PM
        
        Remember this guy? - et - 1/6/2006 8:10:43 PM
        
        re: Remember this guy? Yes - phil - 1/6/2006 10:49:51 PM
        
        And what exactly is magnetic flux made of? - Lee - 1/6/2006 10:58:57 PM
        
        To first order - R.L. - 1/7/2006 12:24:51 PM
        
        But lines of force in a magnetic field are not just mental models. - Lee - 1/7/2006 10:48:58 PM
        
        Ferrofluids - podrock - 1/10/2006 4:44:32 PM
        
        Very cool, just ordered one. Thanks. (n/t) - Lee - 1/10/2006 7:43:38 PM
        
        well, depends on semantics I guess - e.k. - 1/8/2006 5:09:01 AM
        
        Another good question. - Lee - 1/9/2006 2:11:51 AM
        
        1) I dont know - R.L. - 1/9/2006 4:50:07 AM
        
        CORRECTION - R.L. - 1/7/2006 12:41:38 PM
        
        re: I could give you my understanding of it, but it would upset RL/ Mod Bob. (n/t) - Johannes - 1/7/2006 12:45:13 AM
        
        Only if it is your usual pseudoscience... - ModBob - 1/8/2006 12:50:12 AM
        
        Considering there is no "official" theory, give it a shot. - Lee - 1/7/2006 4:21:13 AM
        
        re: When I have time I'll post it on OT, saves Mod Bob the trouble. (n/t) - Johannes - 1/8/2006 5:16:43 AM
        
        re: And what exactly is magnetic flux made of? - phil - 1/7/2006 12:16:50 AM
        
        Put more simply, it's a relativistic electric field. - et - 1/7/2006 5:07:58 AM
        
        And the link... - et - 1/7/2006 5:08:42 AM
      - re: A quack - or the Next Einstein? - phil - 1/6/2006 5:52:09 PM
        
        re: A quack - or the Next Einstein? - Hugheim - 1/25/2006 12:32:51 PM
- First off, there are no parallel universes involved.... - et - 1/6/2006 3:30:21 AM
- re: Earth to Mars in 3 hours? Eleven light years in just 80 days?! - john - 1/6/2006 1:33:55 AM
- re: Earth to Mars in 3 hours? Eleven light years in just 80 days?! - john - 1/6/2006 1:33:51 AM
- Bunk! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/6/2006 12:24:03 AM
  - It is bunk... - R.L. - 1/7/2006 7:21:48 AM
    - Not just the field needed - Adam - 1/9/2006 6:28:03 AM
  - re: Bunk! - Dave M - 1/6/2006 11:25:13 PM
    - Einstein and Heim - LJK - 1/9/2006 5:27:43 PM
      - I say we give these guys some rope. - Lee - 1/9/2006 8:11:08 PM
  - re: Bunk? - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 1:01:48 AM
    - re: Bunk? - LJK - 1/6/2006 2:41:32 AM
- re: Concepts - Raoul - 1/5/2006 8:30:02 PM
- Physics stuff in the paper is a bit deep for me... - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2006 7:54:20 PM
  - It didn't look like a serious proposal to me. - SDF - 1/6/2006 2:11:56 AM
    - Don't forget Miguel Alcubierre's Warp Drive - LJK - 1/6/2006 5:35:11 PM
      - re: Don't forget Miguel Alcubierre's Warp Drive - Dave M - 1/6/2006 11:18:18 PM
        
        Krasnikov reckons... - Adam - 1/9/2006 6:33:11 AM
        
        Centauri Dreams take on it - LJK - 1/9/2006 6:47:02 PM
        
        Marc Millis on Hyperspace Propulsion from Centauri Dreams - LJK - 1/11/2006 10:43:08 PM
- re: Earth to Mars in 3 hours? Eleven light years in just 80 days?! - phil - 1/5/2006 6:39:37 PM
  - re: Earth to Mars in 3 hours? Eleven light years in just 80 days?! - LJK - 1/7/2006 1:22:54 AM
  - My questions - LJK - 1/6/2006 2:24:56 AM

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