On: It Flies: Da Vinci's Dream Comes True

[thret]

You are of course referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

Which does not actually break Einsteins limit, although it does work like a Star Trek warp-drive. Of course the energy requirements are virtually impossible to satisfy in addition to all of the other problems.

[gmaslov → thret]

> Of course the energy requirements are virtually impossible to satisfy in addition to all of the other problems.

That's what they used to say about powered flight ;)

[thret → gmaslov]

Perhaps, but you are comparing Jupiters to raisins.

[3pt14159 → thret]

Interesting. I was just pulling a random counter explanation out of my derriere, but of course it has been already thought of before.