Where Can I Find Reliable Information on Warp Drive?

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The discussion centers around the need for a centralized organization or resource that compiles the latest scientific advancements related to interstellar travel and propulsion technologies. Participants express familiarity with past initiatives like the "Warp Drive Today" site and NASA's now-defunct Breakthrough Propulsion Physics (BPP) project, along with key theoretical works by Alcubierre and Van Broeck. Marc Millis from NASA Glenn is highlighted for his insights on the future of propulsion breakthroughs necessary for interstellar travel. A website dedicated to propulsion issues is mentioned, which aims to explain the complexities of interstellar travel and existing propulsion concepts to the general public, using science fiction analogies for better understanding. Links to relevant threads on physics forums are also provided for further exploration of the Heim theories related to propulsion.
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Any links/ organizations you know of? I'm already familiar with the now defunct "warp drive today" site, the axed NASA BPP project, and the Alcubierre/Van Broeck papers. There really should be an organization of some sort that gathers all the latest science into one place.
 
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Have you ever wondered when we will be able to travel to distant stars as easily as in science fiction stories? NASA Glenn's Marc Millis (pictured above), who has taken a break from Project Management for NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics (BPP) Project to return to conducting research, offers this assessment of the prospects for achieving the propulsion breakthroughs that would enable such far-future visions of interstellar travel.

This website focuses on the propulsion related issues, explaining the challenges of interstellar travel, existing propulsion ideas, and the possibilities emerging from scientific literature that may one day provide the desired breakthroughs. To simplify the presentation for the general public, analogies to familiar science fiction are used. This site is intended for public audiences, whereas researchers might want to check out the Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project web site.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/research/warp/warp.html

See also the Heim threads:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=105915
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=106059
 
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