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- Senious, on 08/14/2008, -0/+32For all intents and purposes what they are talking about is a warp drive... just without antimatter and with dark energy instead. Principal is the same though, you create some magic bubble that we have no idea how to create, and you shrink space infront of you and expand it behind you and since space and time are intertwined you end up not spatially moving faster then the speed of light but the bubble is, but because the bubble is space and not mass or matter or whatever substance that isnt permitted to move faster then light. So essentially the bubble goes really fast and you are just inside of it having the space around you move.
- Myztry, on 08/14/2008, -1/+22Theories like that are quite interesting for avid science fiction fans like myself.
But on the science front, let's figure out if dark matter even exists before deciding what we're going to do with it.
(just because you can see a shadow puppet of a duck on the wall doesn't mean there's a duck in the room) - hotpons, on 08/13/2008, -5/+25To Infinity... and Beyond!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Senious, on 08/14/2008, -1/+19For all intents and purposes what they are talking about is a warp drive... just without antimatter and with dark energy instead. Principal is the same though, you create some magic bubble that we have no idea how to create, and you shrink space infront of you and expand it behind you and since space and time are intertwined you end up not spatially moving faster then the speed of light but the bubble is, but because the bubble is space and not mass or matter or whatever substance that isnt permitted to move faster then light. So essentially the bubble goes really fast and you are just inside of it having the space around you move.
- inactive, on 08/14/2008, -0/+17Step #1: Figure what the ***** dark matter is.
- inactive, on 08/13/2008, -1/+16What would be the point of considering something supernatural for which no evidence exists? If some evidence for the existence of a supernatural intelligence ever comes to light, I'm sure it will be accepted. Until then, it just doesn't make sense to assume one.
I thought you were supposed to be educated in science and math. Why do you not understand this? - SmellyGeekBoy, on 08/14/2008, -1/+16Ludicrous speed!
- napk, on 08/14/2008, -1/+15But will it make the Kessel Run in under twelve parsecs?
- hebejebelus, on 08/14/2008, -1/+15"The fledgling Big Bang theory?"
Last time I checked it was one of the most well-known and widely believed theories. Ever. - WinnemuccaMac, on 08/14/2008, -0/+12The only important question is, do the stars still do that cool "whoosh" thing when you look out the window?
- inactive, on 08/14/2008, -1/+12How, in this day and age, could you possibly not believe in the big bang?
- Nicoon, on 08/14/2008, -1/+11Eh. I'm sorry, but nothing can accelerate up to light speed without acquiring infinite mass.
However, that's not what's happening here. In fact, the ship doesn't travel at all. What it does, however, is folding the universe around it. (this is essentially what a warp drive is). Thus, the title is incorrect.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/28/warp-spee ... for more info. - 0260, on 08/14/2008, -0/+9physics is awesome.
- zephyear, on 08/14/2008, -2/+10what's it like to willingly be a dumbass
- BigManOnCampus, on 08/13/2008, -1/+9Probably something like the pic on this site:
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/bpp/ - BalooUrsidae, on 08/14/2008, -0/+7You mean the USS Enterprise. The Planet Express ship doesn't move, it shifts drags the rest of the universe around it.
- samoan27, on 08/13/2008, -1/+8Pff, yeah that's how the Planet Express ship works...sort of.
- Nintendesert, on 08/14/2008, -0/+7I saw Event Horizon. Ships aren't meant for faster than light travel. I like my eyes just where they are. On Jessica Alba's cleavage areas.
- Jack8274, on 08/14/2008, -1/+7But will the concept of using this dark matter to create this theoretical bubble used to travel in space as the ship itself stays stationary blend?
- terminal157, on 08/14/2008, -0/+6And all we have to do is manipulate something we don't even have a proper name for because it's a total mystery to us!
- itspuddingtime, on 08/14/2008, -0/+5I feel like I've read this somewhere before...
- LJRod82, on 08/14/2008, -0/+5Professor Hubert Farnsworth: These are the anti-matter engines I invented. They allow my spaceship to travel to distant galaxies in mere hours.
Cubert J. Farnsworth: That's impossible. You cannot go faster than the speed of light.
Professor Hubert Farnsworth: Exactly. That's why scientists increased the speed of light in 2208. - Grimdotdotdot, on 08/14/2008, -0/+5And anyway, the only reason the Planet Express ship can go so fast is because they sped light up to allow it.
- Volath, on 08/14/2008, -0/+4Dark energy isn't replacing antimatter, its replacing 'subspace'. Antimatter is simply the fuel for the warp engine which creates the bubble.
- oneperday, on 08/13/2008, -0/+4Say they get this done one day, what would the view be like from the inside of the ship?
- DjViper, on 08/14/2008, -0/+4warm up the infinite probability drive please
- barc0de, on 08/14/2008, -0/+4This is sort of like the time traveller paradox - if time travel is possible then where are all the people from the future. Same thing goes for FTL - where are all the aliens? (shaky camcorder footage doesn't count)
(PS - Current theory states that you cant travel back to a point in time before the existince of time machines) - kencurran, on 08/14/2008, -0/+4First the invisibility cloak.. now a ship that will fly faster than light. Science fiction had a good week.
- thespiff, on 08/14/2008, -0/+4They've gone plaid!
- norman619, on 08/14/2008, -2/+6Ah yes.... "The idea involves manipulating dark energy"
Let's manipulate a 100% theoretical construct made up to fill in some pretty big holes in the current stadard model. - elsiemac, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3Spin up the FTL Drive
- cutright, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3So what if it does take thousands of years before we can use this information... How long ago did we realize there was a constant relationship between a circle's circumference and its diameter? I'm sure there was some deutsche bag back then too saying the same thing... why would we ever use this? What you fail to realize is that an idea like this can come in a dream or an instant... why not write it down? Why is that a waste of time?
Besides you never know what practical uses may come out of this research. If that practical use made itself known immediately you wouldn't be bitching. So are you suggesting any practicality out of an abstract idea must come immediately, which is why you shouldn't waste time on "crazy" ideas like these? Sometimes understanding the world around us lends information about ourselves... even if we don't see it coming right away. For example... no one knew what we could do with quantum mechanics when it was first conceived. It seemed like a bunch of hog wash until its practical uses made themselves known. - LucasVB, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3If you're going to argue semantics, I'll give you that "travelling" means from point A to B by whichever means. That works.
But the title says "fly faster than light", which implies velocity. That is the wrong part. - Meocross, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3All we need now is for someone to invent lightsabers and we're set!
- DjViper, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3anything stuck in a 'decaying' orbit is ***** unless they have some way of ***** themselves... no matter which celestial body they are orbiting...
- Logicexe, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3The entire mass of Jupiter converted into energy to move 33 feet? To say we're a long way off is a bit of an understatement. Assuming you have magic powers to convert matter into energy without having to spend energy to do it you could take the entire solar system, convert it into energy and move a staggering 35,000 feet, less than 7 miles. Right, call me back when you have something plausible.
- norman619, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3This makes more sense that manipulating "dark matter."
http://www.noahshachtman.com/archives/002065.html - wyrdness, on 08/14/2008, -1/+4So what is the speed of Dark?
- Rudegar, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3dugg for the thumb which don't make much sense
- CATSCEO2, on 08/14/2008, -1/+4Don't feed the trolls people.
- GT35R, on 08/14/2008, -1/+4How is saying that a god created the universe better? You just replaced an natural explanation for a supernatural. In other words you are trying to explain one mystery with another.
- BoneheadFarker, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_metric
They know how to create the magic bubble. They just don't know how to create the energy needed to create the magic bubble. - Logicexe, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2He didn't have to make it up, he could just be wrong.
- inactive, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2yeah you end up in hell by accident duh... it's not good coming out with black eyes and murdering people ...
- Nicoon, on 08/14/2008, -1/+3I'm sorry, but you're wrong. It's not the ship that moves, it's the universe that gets folded around it (so technically, it's the universe that "moves"). So, by your logic, you'd be travelling upstream in a river when you're actually standing still, just because the water's moving past you. A more proper analogy would be that the ship is a surfer, travelling on a wave. To the surfer, the board does not move, but the board is immersed in a space that moves. The difference, however, is that it's the ship that's generating these "waves".
- Eezyville, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2Your gonna have to cite that. Not that I don't believe you but I want proof.
- Rivenexe, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2Soo... Like Mass Effect?
- Tabris, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2Probably because it would make sense for the audience watching the movie. Very simple.
- CarlSD, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2"What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?"
- Vosona, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2I'm still holding out for an Improbability Drive.
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