Re: OT: Handwavium-low methods of FTL travel?
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jeffel said:
One thing I haven't seen mentioned (or not directly) is the Alcubierre drive
It is the closest thing to non-hand-wavey that I know of.
It still requires the ability to manipulate "strange" matter, so there is a decent amount of hand waving. On the other hand, it doesn't seem to violate General Relativity, so there is a bonus there.
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That sounds like acceptable hand-waving. However, my math is a little weak to be following the formulas they have - What are the energy requirements like?
Let's see if I got this right - Basically, the drive pulls space from the front of the ship to the back of the ship?
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