Recent content by Karden

Just realized another thing that bugs me about this particular warp drive design. If it compresses space-time in "front" of the ship, and decompresses "behind" the ship, I think this would actually propel the ship *backwards*. Not only does nature abhor a vacuum, but so does space-time. It...

If they are successful at someday building this "warp drive": [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929300.300-meet-the-nasa-scientist-devising-a-starship-warp-drive.html#.UhLUIWT70pc ], wouldn't this counteract the effect of time dilation to some extent? I've always thought of time dilation...