SPACE.com -- Warp Speed Will Kill You Soooo... we're gonna have to fold space instead of speed through it...
In the 1800's some scientists believed Man could not survive speeds over 60mph. In the 1950's some scientists believed Man could not survive the radiation in the Van Allen Belts. Warp Speed didn't kill the Vulcans, it probably won't kill us.
Well duh! That's why the warp nacelles used for interstellar space travel at speeds above Warp 1.0 are used for the collection of hydrogen atoms. Refer to picture The last piece of the nacelle is the Bussard Ramscoop. This device has an indirect connection to the warp engines. While it doesn't help propel the ship, it does help collect free hydrogen atoms in space. The Bussard Ramscoop uses a magnetic field to grab free hydrogen atoms that are in space. Once collected they can be put through the portable antimatter generator to make antihydrogen for use in the warp reaction. Who wrote that article? Clearly they know NOTHING about warp drives.
Never mind that. I just want a Transporter in my house to instantly Beam Over to one of my Friends With Bennies, or vice versa. I also want a Replicator to instantly whip up exotic yet potent drinks, to help put them In The Mood
Yup. But not because of loose atoms in the way. Acceleration is the real killer. Attaining Warp 1 (not quite a billion FPS) in the few seconds usually portrayed would flatten the starship and its occupants thinner than a Palin grievance. Then again, I suppose the same science that can fling a starship and its crew from a dead stop to Warp 9 without mussing a single hair could also make a damaged starship develop a list to starboard in three dimensional space, as has happened countless times to countless starships in cinemaland.
And don't start that Transporters can not possibly work because of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, thats why they came up with Heisenberg compensators!
Exactly! It's in the room next to the transporter. Those who claim there are things which can't be done have clearly not watched enough Star Trek.
It's pointless to have this discussion now - we're just going to have to revamp our understanding of the Universe once subspace is discovered anyways.
Theoretically... subspace exists... we don't have the tools to measure it yet... much less take advantage of it... Hmmmm... Would "folks" that figured out how to use subspace be called GODS by civilizations that haven't figured it out yet...
