Nasa tests 'WARP DRIVE' engine that could carry passengers to the moon

[Beawild]

Nasa tests 'WARP DRIVE' engine that could carry passengers to the moon in just four hours ...and may even travel faster than the speed of light.

• System works by bouncing microwaves around a closed container​
• Sun's energy provides electricity for microwaves, so no fuel is needed​
• Researchers previously said this wouldn't work in the vacuum of space​
• Engineers quietly revealed results of test to show otherwise on a forum​

By Ellie Zolfagharifard
30 April 2015

Warp drives that let humans zip around other galaxies may no longer belong purely in the realm of science fiction.

Nasa is believed to have been quietly testing a revolutionary new method of space travel that could one day allow humans to travel at speeds faster than light.

Researchers say the new drive could carry passengers and their equipment to the moon in as little as four hours. A trip to Alpha Centauri, which would take tens of thousands of years now, could be reached in just 100 years.

The system is based on electromagnetic drive, or EMDrive, which converts electrical energy into thrust without the need for rocket fuel.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ossible-engine-travel-faster-speed-light.html

Isn't this fascinating? Give them a century or two and some of the things seen in Star Trek will no longer be fantasy.

 

[Kor]

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But will there be affordable recreational flights to the moon in our lifetime?

Kor

 

[Ithekro]

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Define, "affordable".

IF (large if) this works for even reasonable sublight speeds (basically inventing Impulse Drive), how much power will it need? How many people will need to be paid to keep it running? How safe can a trip out of Earth orbit be? To the moon? Why stop there? Mars is begging us to tourism if the system can thrust out of a planetary gravity field on its own without needing massive booster rockets or the like.

 

[HIjol]

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And, Legroom?...what of the possibility of plenty of legroom on the flights?
Plus, I hope there will be non-stops to Mars, and not just Sub-orbital to Kennedy and then Moon, Ceres, Venus, then Mars. Unless they have really good movies.

SERIOUSLY, it makes one wish for a longer life, just to see if the wonders we are capable of will come to fruition. : techman:

 

[Beawild]

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Settle down, guys. It'll be quite a while before this technology can be implemented.

We probably won't see it, but the possibility to explore vast areas of the universe may become a reality. Who knows? There may be other species out there. I can't imagine us being the only sentient beings in the universe.

 

[Metryq]

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The EM drive is very different from the Alcubierre drive—both recently in the news and of interest to NASA's advanced propulsion labs and others. Yet journalists who apparently know nothing about science or technology flippantly call them both "warp drives" and invoke STAR TREK. This creates confusion, along with grossly over-hyping the current state of the research. No wonder the proverbial man-in-the-street believes lightsabers and hoverboards already exist.

I can't imagine us being the only sentient beings in the universe.

We're not. Some cetaceans and even crows show remarkable ability for problem solving, memory, and advanced planning.

 

[Horizons96]

Re: Nasa tests 'WARP DRIVE' engine that could carry passengers to the

The EM drive is very different from the Alcubierre drive—both recently in the news and of interest to NASA's advanced propulsion labs and others. Yet journalists who apparently know nothing about science or technology flippantly call them both "warp drives" and invoke STAR TREK. This creates confusion, along with grossly over-hyping the current state of the research.

Makes me livid.

...and on top of all this they use a pic of nuTrek Enterprise to invoke the Star Trek soul (surely the TOS enterprise or even the D would have been better?)

These clowns should stick to reporting on what they do best, such as meaningless celebrity gossip.

 

[Push The Button]

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And, Legroom?...what of the possibility of plenty of legroom on the flights?
Plus, I hope there will be non-stops to Mars, and not just Sub-orbital to Kennedy and then Moon, Ceres, Venus, then Mars. Unless they have really good movies.

SERIOUSLY, it makes one wish for a longer life, just to see if the wonders we are capable of will come to fruition. : techman:

"...those are the days worth living for."
-Edith Keeler

 

[JTShanks]

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It's not that impressive to be honest. It'd still take a lifetime for it to reach other star systems and days to travel to other planets, even within the confines of our own System, it's hardly the kind of hype worthy component that we are looking for. And I highly doubt that we'd be able to use it to it's full potential unless we somehow get the possibility of artificial gravity capable technology within not only our own lifetime but even remotely plausible to pull off.

 

[JTShanks]

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Now if we incorporated this into solar powered cars however...

 

[Chronos]

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DailyMail is not a proper source, nor is an Internet forum.

Is there a real source for this information?

Also, to the moon and back in four hours is only 25,181 m/s or 0.008394% of c. Still far too slow to get us anywhere.

 

[Ithekro]

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40 - 80 days to Mars. Roughly. Depending on where it is relative to the Earth and Sun.

2 hours to travel a light-second correct? One AU being roughly 8 light-minutes.

 

[Chronos]

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40 - 80 days to Mars. Roughly. Depending on where it is relative to the Earth and Sun.

2 hours to travel a light-second correct? One AU being roughly 8 light-minutes.

Earth to the Moon is about 1.255 light seconds. So 3.19 hours (3h11m) to travel one light second.

 

[Tiger Devil Dog]

Re: Nasa tests 'WARP DRIVE' engine that could carry passengers to the

DailyMail is not a proper source, nor is an Internet forum.

Is there a real source for this information?

Also, to the moon and back in four hours is only 25,181 m/s or 0.008394% of c. Still far too slow to get us anywhere.

The NASA spaceflight forum has legit engineers speaking legit engineer mumbo jumbo on the matter. I read a few pages of it, didn't understand a word of it. Unless someone can tell me what a dielectric magnometric warp field interferometer is.

But I did pick up a lot of caution. Still haven't tested it a vacuum yet so there is a high probability of calibration error in the most recent test.

I'll see if I can find a link.

 

[Metryq]

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See this post from the Sci-Tech forum:

http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=11049877&postcount=41

 

[Ithekro]

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40 - 80 days to Mars. Roughly. Depending on where it is relative to the Earth and Sun.

2 hours to travel a light-second correct? One AU being roughly 8 light-minutes.

Earth to the Moon is about 1.255 light seconds. So 3.19 hours (3h11m) to travel one light second.

So more in the 60 - 120 day range. Viable, if long cruise.

 

[JTShanks]

Re: Nasa tests 'WARP DRIVE' engine that could carry passengers to the

40 - 80 days to Mars. Roughly. Depending on where it is relative to the Earth and Sun.

2 hours to travel a light-second correct? One AU being roughly 8 light-minutes.

Earth to the Moon is about 1.255 light seconds. So 3.19 hours (3h11m) to travel one light second.

So more in the 60 - 120 day range. Viable, if long cruise.

It's still rather hyped up and relatively slow to what the hype is all about and ramping it up to

 

[Ithekro]

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Baby steps. What is the projected time to reach Mars now for a crewed spaceship?

 

[JirinPanthosa]

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This would also imply that anybody sent to Mars would actually be able to come back.

 

[Ithekro]

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Dependng on what systems they use, there shouldn't be a reason not to come back until one starts setting up a colony there.

If one of these drive systems provides something similar to a sci-fi impulse drive for more practical interplanetary travel, it might not be as fast as is desirable. But it would be a start. And that is kind of what we really need right now. A start.