I Any advancements in the feasibility of Alcubierre warp drive science?

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jaketodd said:
those threads are a bit old
Nothing substantial has changed in the subject area.

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Alcubierre warp drive. Can it ever be created? Obstacles? Complete impossibilities?
This is much too broad for a PF discussion. You need to find a specific question you are interested in, based on some specific paper (not just a search of all papers on arxiv.org), and start a new thread with that specific question.

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