Thread: Warp Speed....
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Old 04-22-2004, 04:11 AM   #17 (permalink)
doncalypso
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In order to achieve warp speeds from even a Star Trek perspective we would have to first of all be able to store anti-matter and be able to allow the two to react in a controlled environment in order to harness the resulting energy.

In addition to that, we would need to create and harness a gravity field strong enough to bend the space-time continuum while striving to maintain our spaceship intact and keep it from being crushed by our artificial gravity well...

In all likelihood, humans are not going to experience faster-than-light travel (at least not for the next 100 to 1000 generations).
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