The Scientist Admitted The Possibility Of Creating A Ship That Will Fly At Superluminal Speed - Alternative View

The Scientist Admitted The Possibility Of Creating A Ship That Will Fly At Superluminal Speed - Alternative View
The Scientist Admitted The Possibility Of Creating A Ship That Will Fly At Superluminal Speed - Alternative View

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The American researcher in his presentation talked about a new look at the concept known as the Alcubierre Bubble.

Mexican theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre is known, among other things, for his idea, which allows the creation of a spacecraft that could reach superluminal speed. To travel faster than the speed of light within the local coordinate system, the spacecraft will need to compress space in front of it and expand it behind.

Science fiction writers liked the concept, but the scientific world greeted it with undisguised pessimism. However, not all scientists are ready to give up the idea. The concept has now become a topic for a presentation at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Forum, which took place from August 19 to 22 in Indianapolis.

The presentation was given by Joseph Agnew, an engineer and research fellow at the University of Alabama. The scientist shared the results of his research, which is called An Examination of Warp Theory and Technology to Determine the State of the Art and Feasibility. In this work, he tried to give a modern assessment of the possibility of creating a superluminal spacecraft.

The scientist believes that the discovery of gravitational waves in 2016 suggests that the technology, which will be based on the curvature of space-time, can be implemented. According to Joseph Agnew, there is a chance that in the future it will probably be possible to create gravitational waves in the laboratory.

The biggest challenge is getting the "exotic" energy needed to make plans come true. Its amount should be roughly equivalent to the mass of a gas giant - for example, Jupiter. Agnew considers this a problem: in its solution, he says, new discoveries in quantum physics can help.

“In my experience, the mention of the warp drive makes me laugh at the conversation, because it is too theoretical and characteristic of science fiction. Indeed, it (the engine. - Author's note) is often referred to in a derogatory sense and is used as an example of something fantastic, incomprehensible, says the scientist.

Earlier, Joseph Agnew himself belonged to the skeptic camp. “Only when I studied the theory more thoroughly, I realized that it did not have these (attributed to it. - Author's note) problems. I think it can generate much more interest when people take a closer look at the progress made,”says the researcher.

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The Alcubierre bubble is far from the only hypothetical way to give humanity the opportunity to make interstellar travel. Some experts associate them with the EmDrive technology, which is sometimes called the "impossible engine". And recently, scientists have proposed the most accurate test to test its performance.

Ilya Vedmedenko