 John the OFM  | 19 Sep 2012 6:54 a.m. PST |
link The kids have been bugging me to go to Tatooine for the pod races. |
| John the OFM | 19 Sep 2012 6:55 a.m. PST |
That's right!
All need is "exotic matter" with "strange properties"! |
| The Tin Dictator | 19 Sep 2012 7:12 a.m. PST |
I believe I met her last year in Vegas! |
| Bowman | 19 Sep 2012 7:24 a.m. PST |
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 Saginaw | 19 Sep 2012 8:35 a.m. PST |
Oooooh-kay. How much of my hard earned tax dollars are going to be "dematerialized" out of my wallet to explore this theory? I'll admit, it's an interesting concept, but it won't happen in our lifetime, just like that time machine I've been waiting to go on. Ah well. |
| Streitax | 19 Sep 2012 9:21 a.m. PST |
I just got back. It all works out Saginaw. I've got to pick up a few things and I'll be off. I'm starting a black market in the 23rd century with super sized sugary drinks, fried twinkies and cigarettes. Pretty soon I'll have enough money to open a franchise, any takers? |
| Saginaw | 19 Sep 2012 9:43 a.m. PST |
I dunno, Streitax. Kinda risky, not to mention that I have some of my money already tied into a flying squirrel message dispatch business. I'll have to think about it. Thanks, though.  |
| Jovian1 | 19 Sep 2012 10:16 a.m. PST |
While you are on your trip – take some of that Nuka-Cola along just to see if it has any mind-altering effects while you are traveling FTL. Also, is it just me, or did the diagram look similar to a football going through a narrow profile tire? Perhaps the NFL is involved (National Faster-than Light) organization. |
| kreoseus2 | 19 Sep 2012 11:33 a.m. PST |
That's right!
All need is "exotic matter" with "strange properties"!
A pint of Guinness so ?
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| just visiting | 19 Sep 2012 11:47 a.m. PST |
There is no traveling FTL. That's what the article restated. What is implied is that the amount of distortion of space-time before and after the ship is what determines the speed, relative to the ship, of arrival at the destination point. Theoretically, if energy is not a problem, this could result in travel virtually as swift as thought itself: e.g. distort the space-time between here and a safe point beyond the galaxy; then after arrival at that point, position and distort space-time to the known edge of the universe; pow! in less time than it takes to write this, there you are: explore under "normal power" conditions to your heart's content…. |
| just visiting | 19 Sep 2012 11:50 a.m. PST |
And I am not writing this off to a distant future reality; not with the way things are going/changing already. Exponential increase in technology anyone?… |
| Gunfreak | 19 Sep 2012 1:08 p.m. PST |
Weather is is a good one or not, I think actualy putting money and research into FTL, and not just theoretical mathematics. Because until we find a FTL(if it's possible) we will be stuck more or less here, why might get to a couple of the closest stars with in a single human life time. But that will not help that much. |
| just visiting | 19 Sep 2012 3:15 p.m. PST |
There's always suspended animation, a la Arthur C. Clarke, "Songs of Distant Earth"…. |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 19 Sep 2012 10:42 p.m. PST |
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 Parzival | 20 Sep 2012 7:43 p.m. PST |
@just visiting: I'm not certain that they're claiming instantaneous transition. The article I read (and linked to in the main boards, under spaceship gaming, I believe) stated equivalent perceived speeds of 10 times C (or roughly 3,000,000 km/s). Of course, that's all theoretical. In any case, the amazing thing to me is that it's testable today. |
finds a 3D model on the internet, and tries to turn it into a wargaming model.
