Warp Drive, Geekbait

[tyr_13]

Up until I hadn't considered the artist to be at fault (and still don't). However, he's being very disingenuous here:



Scroll down the post where he first used that phrase (The "IXS Enterprise" post): http://mark-rademaker.blogspot.com/

His words: "The IXS Enterprise, a very early concept of the first real warpship". The press didn't have to translate anything.

He said 'warpship', and he's complaining that someone said 'warship'.

 

[RecoveringYuppy]

He said 'warpship', and he's complaining that someone said 'warship'.

Are you joking? That's just a typo.

 

[Delvo]

Or a reado.

 

[RecoveringYuppy]

BTW there is a JREF connection here. Eric W Davis was coauthor of one of White's papers on this subject. He's a recipient of Randi' Pigasus award.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigasus_Award

 

[Mudcat]

If you're going to mess with exotic matter within an achievable light cone, why not make a stable wormhole instead?

Despite what a certain science fiction series would have you believe, traveling through a wormhole isn't entirely safe. You could wind up spaghettifying similar to traveling through a black hole.

 

[Mudcat]

The fact is there is no known, even theoretical, way to turn this phenomena on or off.

Developing a warp drive that you can't turn on or off as needed would be kind silly, don't you think?

 

[RecoveringYuppy]

Developing a warp drive that you can't turn on or off as needed would be kind silly, don't you think?

Yes, of course. Why do you ask?