[QUOTE]Admit it. You got a little excited when you heard that it might be possible to construct a working “warp” drive, capable of moving an object faster than the speed of light. Sadly, it’s since been shown that such a trip could kill you and now, Aussie researchers believe it would be deadly for everyone at your destination too.
Brendan McMonigal, Geraint F. Lewis and Philip O’Byrne of the Sydney Institute for Astronomy published a paper early this year suggesting if one were to travel on a space-faring vessel utilising the so-called Alcubierre drive “[anyone] at the destination would be gamma ray and high energy particle blasted into oblivion”, courtesy of the mentioned particles being collected in the ship’s wake. An article on the paper by ExtremeTech points out that, due to their being no upper limit on the number of particles that could be collected, the destructive energy would simply increase the faster and longer the ship travelled for.
And that’s not all — those on-board would need sufficient shielding to protect them from “potentially dangerous” blue-shifted particles. Simply put, the warp drive is sounding more like a weapon (a suicidal one at that) than a mode of transportation.
The way I look at it is that any sort of faster-than-light travel, or even near-FTL, will require technologies developed in concert. It’s not like NASA just strapped a capsule to the top of a rocket and shot it into space. Well, OK, it kind of did, but the most recent NASA shuttles feature many different support systems that took years of continuous testing and research to get right. The warp drive, if it ever eventuates, will be no different.[/QUOTE]
SOURCE: [url]http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/11/aussie-scientists-reckon-nasas-warp-drive-could-blast-your-destination-into-oblivion/[/url]
Well, there goes that theory.
Yes but which plane?
So, Nasa could make a FTL space rail gun, how awesome would that be :D
well they thought that going at the speed of sound would kill you, so there may still be hope
Well there always another way,we just need to find it. If not,then:
NUKE RADIATION [IMG]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/emot-whip.gif[/IMG]
NUKE BAD PARTICLES [IMG]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/emot-whip.gif[/IMG]
NUKE STUFF [IMG]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/emot-whip.gif[/IMG]
i went on the fastest rollercoaster in the world in abu dhabi, it goes around 149mph
as i was changing my pants i came to the conclusion that humans should not travel such speeds
[t]http://hermannk.org/media/oblivion.jpg[/t]
bring it on
Huh, so real warp would be less Star Trek and more Warhammer 40k.
I wouldn't mind being the person who tests that theory first hand, even if the consequences could be fatal.
I can understand that going really fast unless you have really good shields = you hit a pebble you're fucked
now if you hit a asteroid both you and everything near it will too
[QUOTE=EpicRandomnes;38491895]SOURCE: [url]http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/11/aussie-scientists-reckon-nasas-warp-drive-could-blast-your-destination-into-oblivion/[/url]
Well, there goes that theory.[/QUOTE]
No it doesn't do anything to the theory.
You do know that if you go into space without a spacesuit you die, right? You do know that if you fall from 5000 meters you will die, right? That doesn't make it impossible to go into space or fall from 5000 meters, it just requires assistance.
Likewise, it will require assistance going at "warp speed".
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[QUOTE=Conspiracy;38491935]i went on the fastest rollercoaster in the world in abu dhabi, it goes around 149mph
as i was changing my pants i came to the conclusion that humans should not travel such speeds[/QUOTE]
We already travel thousands of miles per second as we are flung through space.
An extra 149mph isn't shit.
Suicide bombers rejoice, now you can suicide bomb the aliens too!
What about Warp Bubbles? Basically, some shield that wraps around the ship and protects it?
And that, children, is why spacebending and wormhole technology is the safer option; sure we'd probably require the technology to create a powerful singularity, as well as containment and shielding to prevent the gateway from spaghettifying the ship and/or devouring the world around it, but it's still better than firing a massive shell that causes a gamma ray burst that could murder an entire planet and the people onboard the ship.
Still, could be worse; we could tear open a rift into a psychic reality dominated by demons and amorous tentacle beasts that want to mack on your space hulk in the hopes of getting their "legs" over.
[QUOTE=ironman17;38492078]And that, children, is why spacebending and wormhole technology is the safer option; sure we'd probably require the technology to create a powerful singularity, as well as containment and shielding to prevent the gateway from spaghettifying the ship and/or devouring the world around it, but it's still better than firing a massive shell that causes a gamma ray burst that could murder an entire planet and the people onboard the ship.
Still, could be worse; we could tear open a rift into a psychic reality dominated by demons and amorous tentacle beasts that want to mack on your space hulk in the hopes of getting their "legs" over.[/QUOTE]
But what would happen if the failsafes fail and the universe gets nuked? [IMG]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/mad.gif[/IMG]
[QUOTE=IPK;38492134]But what would happen if the failsafes fail and the universe gets nuked? [IMG]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/mad.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure some other Species may have attempted, if they failed, we would probably notice something.
[QUOTE=GlebGuy;38492150]I'm pretty sure some other Species may have attempted, if they failed, we would probably notice something.[/QUOTE]
Maybe they're not stupid enough to risk it. :v:
Could you just not point directly towards a target? There's a whole lot of space if you don't hit the planet you're flying to.
Personally I'm just waiting for JohnnyMo to get here.
[QUOTE=BlkDucky;38492197]Maybe they're not stupid enough to risk it. :v:[/QUOTE]
That would make us the most curious/stupid/foolhardy advanced species in the universe, because there is no way we'd ever be able to stop ourselves from trying to do something this cool just because it "might" rip the universe a new asshole.
This makes kinetic kill weapons look sissy
Well at least we found a potential planetary weapon against those aliens we're bound to fight
Anyway if we had a warp engine it would probably end up being the equivalent of that ancient Chinese guy who tried to strap rockets to his chair to go into space
[QUOTE=GlebGuy;38492150]I'm pretty sure some other Species may have attempted, if they failed, we would probably notice something.[/QUOTE]
It probably only affected the one planet that the Warp Ring was on; either that or the Warp Rings are in space, far from inhabited worlds in case of containment failure.
Regardless, when dealing with the dark destructive divine power of a singularity, one could expect that such things are vigorously regulated and controlled; as tightly-secured and carefully-managed as a nuclear power plant. Well, probably moreso than atomic piles, since they'd be dealing with a fucking BLACK HOLE.
[QUOTE=IPK;38492134]But what would happen if the failsafes fail and the universe gets nuked? [IMG]http://sae.tweek.us/static/images/emoticons/mad.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
More likely that the Clown will set the singularity loose, so that's why I'm worried.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;38492251]Personally I'm just waiting for JohnnyMo to get here.[/QUOTE]
He's probably beating Tzeentch over the head with a large bendy glowy purple spoon.
Because psykers.
imo the title suggests it would teleport you into a state of eternal nothing-ness, not just kill you with radiation and particles.
[QUOTE=GlebGuy;38492150]I'm pretty sure some other Species may have attempted, if they failed, we would probably notice something.[/QUOTE]
Probably, with the limitless amount of planets and probable lifeforms in the universe one must have tried space travel like this.
..I really want NASA to explore deep space and find a far away civilization during my lifetime, that'd make my entire life
OK, so I get how time dilation would make it seem like only 2 weeks for the people on the ship, but from the perspective of the people on earth, wouldn't it take thousands of years (or more) for them to send back any information?
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