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A new discovery about anti-matter has ruled out one of the few feasible ways a warp drive might be created. (bigthink.com)

submitted 2 years ago by BaylorSwift3@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today

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[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Space is really empty though, wouldn't the chance of hitting anything be pretty much zero?

[–] Transcendant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Good point. But at the speeds you'd be travelling... you'd be flying through areas of space we haven't properly mapped. Is it possible to make turns at warp speed?

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I mean, let's be practical, the first places we'd go to are the nearby star systems and we have a pretty good idea of what's where in the neighborhood. The chances of running into a rogue planet we haven't found or something must be infinitesimal.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hitting a spec of dust at the speed of light would be a rough ride

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Faster than light, no left no right

I forget which sci fi

[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Star Trek.

Tom Paris from Voyager, specifically.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yay, thanks!