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    I Possible Warp Drive Physics: The Alcubierre Drive

    Maybe? I mean it's just conjecture as far as I know at this point. I wouldn't say it's IMPOSSIBLE to warp spacetime because planets do it just by having mass. Can you do it enough on a smaller scale to reasonably move a spaceship somewhere you point it... no idea.
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    A What are the typical uncertainties of data in Astophysics?

    Don't you need like like 95% (within 5%) to have statistical signifigance? I've been out of school for awhile but I seem to remember like 5% chi being the goal usually. EDIT: I was probably thinking of the two-tailed test. Sorry for the wiki link and not an actual reference...
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    B Understanding Proper Time vs. Layman's Time

    So I just finished reading chapter one. I get the whole spacetime being a thing as a opposed to space and time. What I don't get is what the profound difference is of space separation having a negative value adds. I get that there is a difference but if it was explained why or what that is I...
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    B Understanding Proper Time vs. Layman's Time

    So c = lightspeed tau = Circumference/Radius xyz = vectors or vector velocities? and delta is what, a derivitive or some constant? Thanks for making my own thread out of this by the way whoever did that. I guess I asked a good question. I did get my book by Taylor/Wheeler but I'm day 5 of 9 in...
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    B Understanding Proper Time vs. Layman's Time

    I assume Newton wasn't assuming you'd be traveling at near the speed of light...
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    I Colonies on Mars -- fundamental problem

    Be careful what you wish for... No sane person would make such a decision unless it was the only hope left for humanity. Which is probably why we will wait until it's far too late.
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    I Colonies on Mars -- fundamental problem

    Well but Mars is already not suitable for humans. If anything we should send 2/3 of the population there and then maybe Earth will have a chance of being preserved.
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    I Colonies on Mars -- fundamental problem

    I say we get there BEFORE the beauracracy catches up.
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    B Understanding Proper Time vs. Layman's Time

    No kindle version... Now I have to wait 2 days.
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    B Understanding Proper Time vs. Layman's Time

    Now now, I didn't say I don't care. Time (not just in the proper sense) is bit of an obsession of mine. My math skills are nowhere near physicist level but I learn what I can. Actually after deriving the time dilation equation from Pythagoras I went down the dark path of trying to understand...
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    I Colonies on Mars -- fundamental problem

    Well we could, but I think it's more of a backing up your data type mentality...
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    I Colonies on Mars -- fundamental problem

    Renewable energy is a viable option but it doesn't matter if you pollute anyway. I guess my point we can live on submarines and space stations and just about anywhere in a simulated environment.
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    I Colonies on Mars -- fundamental problem

    The real irony is that solar power is readily available and a realistic power source on Mars but the atmosphere is already full of CO2...
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