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  Re: 13 scientific questions without an answer so far  
From: nemesis
Date: 29 Apr 2009 12:52:59
Message: <49f885eb$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis escreveu:
> 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

OTOH, some annoying skeptical just had to destroy the dream:

http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9702026

bummer! :P

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