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In reply to the discussion: Is interstellar travel possible? [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)And no! There is no warping of space either. That would require massive amounts of energy, as great as the mass of Jupiter some have calculated. (Using E=mc^2)
As I implied, a Star Trek wet dream. And I love Star Trek.
No serious physicist takes the Alcubierre drive seriously. None of them.
I do like the star ship design, though. Cool looking, which like the Enterprise, is scientifically its sole value. Too bad they are fiction.
And no, it is not a real scientific theory as AFAIK it has not been published in any reputable scientific journal. So there's that minor problem. Until it is published, it can be fairly characterized as made up shit. To be blunt about it. Pauli would characterize it more kindly as "not even wrong."
And your post shows why this drive is not being taken seriously.
My best to you.