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Wednesday, 21 August 2013 11:30

Warp Drive

Warp drive is a hypothetical faster-than-light propulsion system in the setting of many science fiction works, most notably Star Trek.

However, how crazy the idea could be, a few months ago, in 2013, physicist Harold White, working at the NASA Johnson Space Center, stunned the aeronautics world when he announced that he and his team at NASA had begun work on the development of a faster-than-light warp drive. His proposed design, a re-imagining of an Alcubierre Drive, may ... eventually result in an engine that can transport a spacecraft to the nearest star in a matter of weeks — and all without violating Einstein's law of relativity.

Some clarifications in this SpaceRef article: here

Harold White published in 2011 an article titled 'Warp Field Mechanics 101' available on the NASA site: here.

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