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| A '''warp drive''' is a hypothetical device that might allow the manipulation of gravitational fields and/or the inertia of a body to produce a propulsive effect. | |||
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| Certain kinds of ''hypothetical'' spacetimes called ''']s''', which ''in a sense'' can be said to admit a kind of faster-than-light inertia-less and time-dilation-less travel, have been studied by some theoretical physicists since about 1990. This category contains articles related to such theoretical speculations. | |||
| The hoped-for advantages of this approach are | |||
| # avoiding the need to carry large amounts of sacrificial propellant (in addition to the payload and a power source) | |||
| # the posibility of achieving arbitrarily high accelerations without subjecting a payload to high gee forces, | |||
| # the possibility of achieving speeds in excess of the background speed of light, legally, and | |||
| # the possibility of avoiding massive energy requirements for interstellar travel. | |||
| Not all approaches meet all these criteria, and much of the research on this subject is highly speculative. | |||
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| Strong claims made either for the possibility or for the impossibility of a practical warp drive should both be treated with extreme caution. | |||
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The main article for this category is Warp drive.Certain kinds of hypothetical spacetimes called warp drives, which in a sense can be said to admit a kind of faster-than-light inertia-less and time-dilation-less travel, have been studied by some theoretical physicists since about 1990. This category contains articles related to such theoretical speculations.
Pages in category "Warp drive theory"
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