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Is warp speed Faster-than-light

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In the language of Star Trek it is, like the word mach implies a speed faster than sound. Don't know if warp is used to describe faster than light speeds in real life.

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How does Einstein's theory of relativity make warp speed possible?

Well I'm no expert, but the theory of relativity states that light is the only thing that doesn't move relative to another thing. For example, if you saw light passing you by while you were moving 200 m/h, it would appear to be moving at the same speed as if you were moving at 100 m/h. So theoretically, warp speed would be accomplished by moving faster than the speed of light, essentially moving faster than time itself. But Einstein's theory actually states that nothing can move faster than the speed of light, let alone at the speed of light. And so far this seems true; scientists have particle accelerators that have reached about 99.8% the speed of light, but never actually at speed.So in short, Einstein's theory of relativity, specifically the second postulate, does not make warp speed possible. As a matter of fact, it makes it impossible.But like I said, I'm not an expert in any way, so don't take any of this too seriously.One way in which "warp speed" could be achieved is by the bending of space time, so if you "bent" the space-time continuum in front of you, jumped in, traveled a bit then unbent the space time, then you could theoretically be a lot farther than you had not been inside the bend in the continuum. I think.


Why does wood warp because of hot water steam?

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What powers the warp drive?

The "warp drive" is a ficticious device used in science fiction - specifically, in the Star Trek series. It is not a real device, and I don't think many details are published about how it is supposed to work.


Does mass warp space?

No! This is Einstein's General Relativity Theory. It is not correct. Einstein's deflection angle 1.7" is the result of plain old Newton's Gravity Theory, not space warp. The distance from the sun is Rs=150Gm and the gravity of the earth is 9.8, c is the speed of light, the time is t=Rs/c = 500 secs. The deflection angle is ARC Tan y/Rs = .5gt^2/150Gm = ARC Tan .5 x9.8x(500)^2/150G The result is ARC Tan 8.16666E-6 and angle 1.68". The gravity of earth 9.8 m/s^2 is the cause of the deflection not space warp. This says that light has mass.

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Wahich is faster 0.5 past light speed from Star Wars or warp 10 from Star Trek?

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