Amazon 7 #1 March 7, 2016 IXS Enterprise I would be willing to go in a heartbeat on the first crew... just to get me away from all these non-STEM types. QuoteNASA engineer and physicist Harold White announced a few years ago that he was working on a potentially groundbreaking idea that could allow space travel faster than the speed of light. Yes, like in “Star Trek.” And now, to boldly go where no designer has gone before, Mark Rademaker — who is collaborating with White — has created a CGI design concept for the “warp ship.” They’re calling it the IXS Enterprise. “We wanted to have a decent image of a theory conforming Warp ship to motivate young people to pursue a STEM career,” Rademaker said in an e-mail interview. “It does have some Sci-Fi features that might never transfer to a possible final design, unless we really want to.” A warp ship such as the IXS Enterprise could allow travel to interstellar space in a matter of weeks rather than, say, centuries. And the science behind why it might be possible is truly mind-boggling. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreeece 2 #2 March 7, 2016 Amazon IXS Enterprise I would be willing to go in a heartbeat on the first crew... just to get me away from all these non-STEM types. Like those that don't like ATT as much as you?Never was there an answer....not without listening, without seeing - Gilmour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #3 March 7, 2016 Looks like someone's pipe dream ....and by "pipe" I mean "bong". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 291 #4 March 8, 2016 muff528Looks like someone's pipe dream ....and by "pipe" I mean "bong". Well "pipe dream" means opium. A case of what my old boss would call "mental masturbation." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catfishhunter 1 #5 March 8, 2016 why? We have wireless communications that are instant traveling the speed of light and data approaching that why would we not believe it possible for ourselves to be able to harness that ability as well? MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT Life is Short and we never know how long we are going to have. We must live life to the fullest EVERY DAY. Everything we do should have a greater purpose. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #6 March 8, 2016 catfishhunterwhy? We have wireless communications that are instant traveling the speed of light and data approaching that why would we not believe it possible for ourselves to be able to harness that ability as well? Because we have mass. There's not enough energy at our disposal to get going that fast, much less the ability to harness it. Maybe sometime in the distant future, when we understand the relationship between relativity and quantum physics, we could start thinking about "warping space-time". But, I do think it's possible that some brilliantly insightful revelation could occur at any time. But my comment was really about the (IMO) ridiculous "model" of what a vehicle with such capabilities "might" look like (based on what?). It also might look like a 1948 Henry J that would move through hyper-space by sucking in large amounts of purple drank and farting cherry blossoms and moonbeams. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #7 March 8, 2016 headoverheels***Looks like someone's pipe dream ....and by "pipe" I mean "bong". Well "pipe dream" means opium. A case of what my old boss would call "mental masturbation." Yeah, that's why I specified "bong" rather than pipe. ...that causes more late night conversations about life, the universe and uh, ...everything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
