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  Re: 13 scientific questions without an answer so far  
From: nemesis
Date: 29 Apr 2009 12:33:09
Message: <49f88145$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New escreveu:
> nemesis wrote:
>> Warp Drive, her we go! :D
> 
> I read an article recently where theoretical physicists were arguing 
> over whether *if* you made a bubble of flat space with a vehicle inside, 
> and you moved it by squashing the space in front and stretching the 
> space behind, whether the radiation caused would disrupt the interface 
> between the two, and whether you could make two interfaces to prevent 
> that problem...
> 
> So, yes, real scientists really are working on a real warp drive, in 
> some sense. :-)

I heard of it!

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

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