Why a Star Trek Warp Drive Would Be Immensely Destructive

[memadmax]

Warp Drive's and Faster than Light travel is a theory.
The destruction portrayed in this article is a theory on top of a theory....

WTF?

 

[shin0bi272]

Though the concept of matter/antimatter reaction would be a good propulsion method assuming you could find a way of producing a LOT of antimatter readily. Firing an antimatter stream at the front of a nacelle and having it collide with some matter would cause the resulting explosion to propel the ship forward. Due to the location and shape of the explosive sphere against plate at the front (what youre firing the antimatter at) the sphere would be able to expand freely in every other direction except forward... resulting in the ship moving forward. Like I said the issue is being able to create enough antimatter to keep going. Currently the amount of antimatter we've created on the entire planet has produced enough energy to run a 60w light bulb for about 5 minutes. I guess it would also work with magnetically accelerating a metal slug towards a plate as well you'd just need a lot of slugs and electricity there as well.

 

[jhansonxi]

Warp drives have too many problems. Bistromathic and Infinite Improbability drives are safer and easier to make.

 

[SmileyTPB1]

You would think that anyone actually working on warp drive theory would have watched enough Star Trek to know how all of the little details work.

 

[Guest]

I'm sure that this version of the USS Enterprise does not have the problem mentioned:

http/loscuatroojos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dog-enterprise.jpg

 

[LLJones]

Just hang a static strip from one of the necelles and we're good to go.

 

[NightLight]

[citation][nom]fatalata[/nom]I'm sure that this version of the USS Enterprise does not have the problem mentioned:http/loscuatroojos.com/wp-conten [...] rprise.jpg[/citation]
that's just..... wrong...

 

[omnimodis78]

...however, realigning the ionic warp subfield by 0.0794% should do the trick.

 

[keyanf]

Warp drive=WMD has been known from the time warp drives were made up. Having a projectile at or near the speed of light is going to hurt, regardless of size.

 

[HEXiT]

are you 1 of these people who claim size doesnt matter?

 

[mcd023]

Don't forget the inertial dampers

 

[COLGeek]

Well....now it makes sense!

 

[upgrade_1977]

Its ok, in 2063 a guy named cochrane will find a solution around this problem...

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]duxducis[/nom]that's not how warp works, Deflector dish creates black hole in front of ship, witch creates immense pull, controlling this effect with precision makes ship go fast. Impulse provides right power to ride the black hole wake. Computer provides all the needed calculations of course[/citation]
You are a complete idiot, either you never watched Star Trek or you are trolling where no man has trolled before
http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp_drive_%28Star_Trek%29

 

[teodoreh]

particles could destroy the ship? Shields up during warp travel - problem solved

 

[stillerfan15]

I personally prefer a Star Gate. But how exactly does that work vs a warp drive?
Dave

 

[QEFX]

So I need to keep my Tardis out of warp drive ... got it.

 

[v3rlon]

THe explanation I read was that the ship was "warped" into an alternate dimmension where the speed of light was faster than in ours.

In any event, trying to explain science fiction technology with modern science is ridiculous. Imagine Isaac Newton (surely a brilliant individual) trying to explain how a smart phone works after seeing its use in a weeks worth of TV shows, including all the contradictory information we get there like how they never work in tunnels (when convenient), but do work in a mineshaft (when convenient).

 

[dalauder]

[citation][nom]fuzzion[/nom]In 300 years from now, people will view the theory of relativity as monkey science.[/citation]Then why do they still teach Newtonian Mechanics and Calculus in college? Just because it's old won't mean it's wrong/irrelevant. What makes something irrelevant is when it's basis is just on speculation rather than scientific investigation and testing.

 

[ethaniel]

Destroy to explore? We've been doing that since... well... you do the math.