Engage warp drive Mr Sulu!

[Shelldrake]

Interesting read on a real-life attempt to develop a warp drive interstellar spaceship. Fuel source is still an issue but a car sized mass of antimatter seems more attainable than the previous estimate of a planet-sized mass.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2655105/Engage-warp-drive-Nasa-reveals-latest-designs-Star-Trek-style-spacecraft-make-interstellar-travel-reality.html

[GDS_Starfury]

I was looking over that design last night.  pretty neat stuff!

[Centurion40]

First Dutch teleporters and now NASA warp drives.  :o  We just might get out there in 50-100 years!

[GDS_Starfury]

if you google the guy that did the ships rendering you'll find much Trek gooderness.  O0

[Centurion40]

I do love it so!

[Martok]

I try to keep my expectations down every time I look at that ship, but it's still hard not to squee. 

[Steelgrave]

I try to keep my expectations down every time I look at that ship, but it's still hard not to squee.

I'm squeeing right there with you, brother.

And I feel really dirty saying that.......

[Windigo]

I try to keep my expectations down every time I look at that ship, but it's still hard not to squee.

I'm squeeing right there with you, brother.

And I feel really dirty saying that.......

[Ubercat]

I hope that they're also considering issues such as how far away such time/space warping could be detected. If others can spot us doing it, are we safe, and have we tried seeing if we can detect it going on out there ourselves?

[Staggerwing]

You worried about us coming to the attention of the Giant Yang-yangs or the Creeping Blorch?

[Ubercat]

Basically.

[steve58]

^...or maybe the Kzin?...or is it UberKzin?   ;)

[mirth]

Personally, I could do without the Borg finding us. Or worse Q :P

[Staggerwing]

Q probably knows about us already. We're just not interesting enough yet.

[GDS_Starfury]

We're just not interesting enough yet.

speak for yourself.
Happy hour on Zeta Prime is a hell of a party.