30 years after warp drives were proposed, we still can't make the math work

[Admin]

To construct a warp drive, we would need negative mass, which doesn't appear to exist in the universe and would violate everything we know about motion, momentum and energy.

30 years after warp drives were proposed, we still can't make the math work : Read more

 

[Unclear Engineer]

"And, of course, it makes our sci-fi shows more fun to watch — we don't have to wait millions of years for our favorite spaceship crew to reach their destination."

Yes, that could lead to insufferably long commercial breaks!

 

[Marc2001]

We have to learn MUCH MORE about physics before we can undertake interstellar flght!

 

[PMDR]

They used to say traveling the world wasn't possible because you can't ride a horse or walk across oceans. Of course not. But nobody travels that way. The point is, interstellar travel isn't accomplished by trying to use an existing method (ships) but faster, somehow.

Trying to solve the problem using things like negative energy is like trying to walk across the ocean with really big floating shoes. To actually solve the problem, a wholly different approach is required, the same way we fly across oceans rather than try to walk across them.

The best that can be said is that at least people are trying to think of a way.