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| Image Credit: Mark Rademaker |
Yep, that's right. This is not a fictional post! This might sound like something straight out of your favorite science fiction TV shows and movies, but it is in fact something that NASA is seriously researching.
Want the short version? As PolicyMic reports via io9, this is how it works: " 'In terms of the engine's mechanics, a spheroid object would be placed between two regions of space-time (one expanding and one contracting)," explains io9. "A 'warp bubble' would then be generated that moves space-time around the object, effectively repositioning it — the end result being faster-than-light travel without the spheroid (or spacecraft) having to move with respect to its local frame of reference.'
That means the spacecraft won't actually be traveling faster than light; it'll bend the spaces around it and make distances shorter, which is much cooler."
Here are some beautiful concept model images.
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| Image Credit: Mark Rademaker |
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| Image Credit: Mark Rademaker |
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If you want to hear more of the nerdy scientific details behind this concept model, check out this YouTube video.
To be frank, I can't say I understand everything he is saying in this video, but I am interested in the idea nonetheless.
By the way, if you didn't notice, the model is aptly named after the starship USS Enterprise.
What sci-fi concepts do you hope will become reality?
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