Warp speed, Mr. Sulu! NASA reveals plans for working Warp drive

[DukeAllen]

NASA Is Working On A Warp Drive Ship And The Pictures Are Amazing (http://www.inquisitr.com/1292965/nasa-is-working-on-a-warp-drive-ship-and-the-pictures-are-amazing/)

I'm assuming this place is like the onion, but I can hope...:yesnod:

http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Warp-ship-670-2-665x385.jpg

[onedef92]

NASA Warp Drive Project - "Speeds" that Could Take a Spacecraft to Alpha Centauri in Two Weeks - YouTube

[Sea Six]

Now, how is that going to help Muslims feel better about themselves?

[DukeAllen]

Now, how is that going to help Muslims feel better about themselves?

A Warp core breach over the mid east would make us ALL feel better.
:leaving:

[Sea Six]

:)

[RonC5]

[sgt shultz] I know nothing [sgt shultz]

[Cybercowboy]

The problem is the only dilithium crystal source known is on Rigel 12, which is in the constellation of Orion and is 862.9 light years away.

[Kevin_73]

The problem is the only dilithium crystal source known is on Rigel 12, which is in the constellation of Orion and is 862.9 light years away.

Couldn't they achieve the same goal with a beryllium sphere?

[Cybercowboy]

Couldn't they achieve the same goal with a beryllium sphere?

Only works in an alternate universe. :island14:

[NCC-1701]

The problem is the only dilithium crystal source known is on Rigel 12, which is in the constellation of Orion and is 862.9 light years away.

Hop in I'll get you there,right Scotty...

[Cybercowboy]

Hop in I'll get you there,right Scotty...

This is what warp drive is like if you don't have the dilithium crystals.

Out Of Control Elevator! - YouTube

[Mike Mercury]

A Warp core breach over the mid east would make us ALL feel better.
:leaving:

Kirk: "if I only had phasers..."

Scotty: "we do, I was charging up a bank"

gawd; I love it !!!

[DukeAllen]

Kirk: "if I only had phasers..."

Scotty: "we do, I was charging up a bank"

gawd; I love it !!!

I'm geeked out; you just quoted my favorite episode :D
http://cf.badassdigest.com/_uploads/images/treklistdoomsday.jpg

[Cybercowboy]

I'm geeked out; you just quoted my favorite episode :D
http://cf.badassdigest.com/_uploads/images/treklistdoomsday.jpg

That episode scared the crap out of me when I watched it when it first aired. I must have been about 6 or 7 at the time. :lol:

[onedef92]

This is what warp drive is like if you don't have the dilithium crystals.

Out Of Control Elevator! - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAraDMcAOdA)

Or this...

Star Trek - Star Trek: The Motion Picture Wormhole FX Sequence Recreation V2 - YouTube

In order to go faster than light, the Enterprise uses those big magnets in the rear to bend the fabric of space into a tube, which it glides through pushed by a wave. This time, an asteroid got sucked into the tube due to an imbalance in the field generators, so it was also getting pushed along faster than light, but slowly being overtaken by the Enterprise, since it was the one with the engines. They tried to slow down, but the engines would not respond, so they destroyed it and shet...

[DukeAllen]

Or this...

Star Trek - Star Trek: The Motion Picture Wormhole FX Sequence Recreation V2 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLdtIYLth9s)

In order to go faster than light, the Enterprise uses those big magnets in the rear to bend the fabric of space into a tube, which it glides through pushed by a wave. This time, an asteroid got sucked into the tube due to an imbalance in the field generators, so it was also getting pushed along faster than light, but slowly being overtaken by the Enterprise, since it was the one with the engines. They tried to slow down, but the engines would not respond, so they destroyed it and shet...

That's still the ultimate version of the ship to me. I love the scene where Scotty gives Kirk the grand tour.

gi9wFGxSDYc

[Rob]

Couldn't they achieve the same goal with a beryllium sphere?

I thought that only allowed you to "replay" the last 60 seconds or so?

[onedef92]

That's still the ultimate version of the ship to me. I love the scene where Scotty gives Kirk the grand tour.

gi9wFGxSDYc

It was the first time Trekkies got to see the underbelly of the Enterprise. In ST:TOS, they always showed the same stock, 2-D footage. I remember when I peeped it at the movie house back in 1979 and every mofo in the house craned their neck at the same angle to see it. :lol:

[StaticCling]

The Alcubierre Drive mentioned in the article is a working real life concept, but there are apparently 'bugs' that have to be worked out. One 'bug' is destroying everything at your destination as you come out of 'warp'

Alcubierre drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Brendan McMonigal, Geraint F. Lewis, and Philip O'Byrne have argued that when an Alcubierre-driven ship decelerates from superluminal speed, the particles that its bubble has gathered in transit would be released in energetic outbursts akin to a sonic boom shockwave; in the case of forward-facing particles, energetic enough to destroy anything at the destination directly in front of the ship

[onedef92]

That episode scared the crap out of me when I watched it when it first aired. I must have been about 6 or 7 at the time. :lol:

The ending of "The Man Trap" scared the stool outta me when I was a shorty! :flush: That Planet M-113 Salt Vampire wasn't no joke!

Star Trek - Spock Vs Professor Crater - YouTube

[Kevin_73]

I thought that only allowed you to "replay" the last 60 seconds or so?

:nono: Thirteen seconds

And I think the Omega 13 device worked independently of the beryllium sphere.

[NeedSpeed]

I'm still waiting on Transwarp

You Failed Transwarp - YouTube

:dance:

[DAB]

pfft. i've seen the future...it's awesome. that's all i can say without the antimatter going off.

[DukeAllen]

The Alcubierre Drive mentioned in the article is a working real life concept, but there are apparently 'bugs' that have to be worked out. One 'bug' is destroying everything at your destination as you come out of 'warp'

Alcubierre drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive)

I remember an article from years ago saying it needed all the energy of a galaxy to run it, they got past that so I imagine they'll figure something out.

The article from my first post makes it seem like they're close enough to get it in our lifetime :hurray:

[Montehall]

I remember an article from years ago saying it needed all the energy of a galaxy to run it, they got past that so I imagine they'll figure something out.

The article from my first post makes it seem like they're close enough to get it in our lifetime :hurray:
Energy mass of the voyager probe.. did the calculation and its around the power of three current gen nuclear reactors to activate.

[Montehall]

In other words, the same changes of any of the guys here getting laid by Kate Upton.

I typo'd it. Fixed

The bigger issue is that his equation relies on exotic matter to produce "negative energy". Currently we can replicate that with the Casimar effect, but at quantum levels

[RED-85-Z51]

Figure out Deuterius...Anti-Deuterium, and lilithium crystals....and you are halfway there...

But...keeping the matter and anti0matter seperated becomes an issue...

[NCC-1701]

That's still the ultimate version of the ship to me. I love the scene where Scotty gives Kirk the grand tour.

gi9wFGxSDYc

My favorite is the NCC-1701D version...

[onedef92]

Event Horizon (2/9) Movie CLIP - The Core (1997) HD - YouTube

On the tangent tip, the movie Event Horizon featured an exotic propulsion system, too. The ship employs a special transport mechanism that, in effect, creates a black hole that the ship can pass through, allowing it to travel tremendous distances in a few seconds.

It stars two of my favorite actresses, ol' girls Kathleen Quinlan (Peters) and Joely Richardson (Lt. Stark) who resembles VB Forum moderatix Sandy. :)

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk160/carriage_builder/hollywood/JoelyRichardson.jpg

[onedef92]

:iagree:

http://www.earthlyissues.com/images/d1701.jpg

Still chaps me how the destroyed it in the movie. :cuss:

Star Trek III - Destruction of the USS Enterprise - YouTube

I still trip off the NCC 1701 D's demise. My God, Bones. What have I done (and shet)?

[DukeAllen]

The D model? Seriously? That ghey Dali creation? At least it was replaced by the 2nd coolest ship.
http://i.space.com/images/i/000/028/742/i02/enterprise_e.jpg?1368036445

[Joecooool]

Star Trek III - Destruction of the USS Enterprise - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeLqsvFO31o)

I still trip off the NCC 1701 D's demise. My God, Bones. What have I done (and shet)?Uggg. There are no fiery explosions or noise in space.

[CubSmurf]

That's still the ultimate version of the ship to me. I love the scene where Scotty gives Kirk the grand tour.

gi9wFGxSDYc

I completely agree. This is the penultimate 'Enterprise' for me. I remember seeing this as a kid and drawing/doodling this scene ALL. THE. TIME. :)

[DukeAllen]

Uggg. There are no fiery explosions or noise in space.

You're fun at parties aren't you?:slap:

[Cybercowboy]

Uggg. There are no fiery explosions or noise in space.

There could be fiery explosions, brief that they may be until the oxygen is gone. Quite of bit of air inside the ol' Enterprise I'd wager. And if only Star Trek was the only one to add noises to space explosions. It's pretty much universal.

[onedef92]

There could be fiery explosions, brief that they may be until the oxygen is gone. Quite of bit of air inside the ol' Enterprise I'd wager. And if only Star Trek was the only one to add noises to space explosions. It's pretty much universal.

:iagree: For the sake of scientific accuracy, in the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series, explosions and other battle noises in space were depicted as soundless. Eventually, executive meddling brought about the change. Star Trek (and every other sci-fi show) has had noisy space ever since.

[Kevin_73]

:iagree: For the sake of scientific accuracy, in the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series, explosions and other battles noises in space were depicted as soundless. Eventually, executive meddling brought about the change. Star Trek (and every other sci-fi show) has had noisy space ever since.

It wasn't a TV show, but I believe 2001 A Space Odyssey had silent explosions. :yesnod:

[Cybercowboy]

It wasn't a TV show, but I believe 2001 A Space Odyssey had silent explosions. :yesnod:

Yeah, it was about as scientifically accurate as any sci-fi movie made. Perhaps the worst offender of battle physics is Star Wars.

[onedef92]

Yeah, it was about as scientifically accurate as any sci-fi movie made. Perhaps the worst offender of battle physics is Star Wars.

Battlestar Galactica (1978) - Fan trailer - YouTube

BSG:TOS deserves an honorble mention, too. :yesnod:

[DukeAllen]

Battlestar Galactica (1978) - Fan trailer - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Rj7OoTE7M)

BSG:TOS deserves an honorble mention, too. :yesnod:

None of that mattered when I was 10 :D

[onedef92]

None of that mattered when I was 10 :D


http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk268/Dream_Dreamer_photos/athena.jpg

Especially when you got to peep bangin' hawt chicks like Jane Seymour, Laurette Spang and Maren Jensen in silky evening gowns and those tight khaki uniforms. :hump:

[NeedSpeed]

Don't forget Buck Rogers

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--SeEimm1R--/18r8hz6mk4iabjpg.jpg

:D

[NeedSpeed]

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century-Buck Rejects Ardala - YouTube

[onedef92]

Space: Above and Beyond - Both Intros - YouTube

Space: Above & Beyond was kickass, too, back in 1995.

[onedef92]

Lexx - the death and sexual climax - YouTube

Lexx used to put the hot and steamy on a mofo, too. Ol' girl Xenia Seaburg was bangin' hawt with those DSL's and ripe, perky tigglebitties.

[DukeAllen]

Don't forget Buck Rogers

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--SeEimm1R--/18r8hz6mk4iabjpg.jpg

:D

I had me a thing for Erin Gray :yesnod:
http://georgesjournal.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/erin_gray_buck_rogers_purple_outfit.jpg

[onedef92]

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/spacemonkey_fg/Blog%20Pictures/Logan10.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/spacemonkey_fg/Blog%20Pictures/Logan6.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b300/spacemonkey_fg/Blog%20Pictures/Logan7.jpg


I enjoyed peepin' ol' girl Jenny Agutter and Heather Menzies-Urich and in the Logan's Run move and TV series, too. There was something about their miniskirts and those clear, gel sandals they wore that did it to me and shet....

[onedef92]

See that doesn't even look like the Enterprise to me.

The series lost me when that ship came up as the new Enterprise. :yesnod:

I like the modded warp nacelles on that joker, though. :cool:

[CubSmurf]

You mean this one?

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/168/d/5/dreadnought_by_thefirstfleet-d53tyoe.jpg

Galaxy X Mofo for the win!

[DukeAllen]

This is the one that lost me
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121221004633/memoryalpha/en/images/thumb/8/8e/Enterprise-J,_dorsal_view.jpg/500px-Enterprise-J,_dorsal_view.jpg