nec208":363upkrw said:
I would say that, given our current understanding of the way the universe works, such a process would not appear to have a way to work to achieve what is so routine in the SF universe. However, it is of course possible that some aspect of our understanding is wrong.
It is like going 300 KM down the city streets of LA not crashing into any thing.That going that fast with out an other demotion or hyper window may be very unsafe.
Unsafe if you travel at this speed on the surface of the Earth.
Try displacing your car at right angles to the surface and try again.
Safer now.Your car is an airplane and can travel much faster than on the surface .
It is not held back by the characteristics of LA (other cars,bends in the road).
The distance to your destination is also less by an amount that depends on how much your surface (road) is curved.
The displaced path can be straighter.
It can take a parallel path to the road and return to the surface at any time.
So your space ship only does C?.
Try displacing your space ship at right angles to the volume of space you are in and try again.
Safer now.Your ship car is in hyperspace and can travel much faster than in 3D space.
It is not held back by the characteristics of 3D space time.
The hyperspace distance to your destination is also less by an amount that depends on how much your 3D spacetime is curved.The hyperspace path can be straighter.
It can take a parallel path to the original and return to 3D space at any time.