Warp Drive Engine Could Suck Earth Into Black Hole

[jobberone]

"Star Trek" makes faster-than-light travel look easy, but according to new calculations by Italian physicists, a warp drive could easily create a black hole that would incinerate any passengers on a space craft and then suck Earth into a black hole.


"Warp drives are so far the best case scenario to attain faster-than-light travel," said Stefano Finazzi of Italy's International School for Advanced Studies. This paper "makes it much harder to realize, if not almost impossible, warp drives."


In normal physics, nothing can move faster than the speed of light. Einstein's theory of relativity forbids it. In normal space any object approaching the speed of light will increase in mass exponentially, and require an exponential increase in the amount of power needed to propel it forward.


http://news.discovery.com/space/warp-drive-black-hole.html

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

"All this has happened before.. and it will happen again"


:laugh2:

 

[YosemiteSam]

What do you subscribe to? Particle physics or string theory?

 

[jobberone]

Man, I don't know either as I can't do the math but anyone can understand the plain English parts. Particle physics sounds boring to me. In fact almost all of it is boring observations whether the very large or very small. Definitely some wierdo stuff in quantum physics. I like the spooky action at a distance thingy.

 

[Phoenix]

Could we have it just suck Philadelphia into the black hole?

 

[pjtoadie]

Could we have it just suck Philadelphia into the black hole?

This ^ :laugh2:

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Could we have it just suck Philadelphia into the black hole?

Isnt it a black hole already? lol

 

[visionary]

Could we have it just suck Philadelphia into the black hole?

i am pretty sure a black hole cant suck another black hole

 

[Lodeus]

Isnt it a black hole already? lol

i am pretty sure a black hole cant suck another black hole

:laugh2::laugh2:

 

[YosemiteSam]

i am pretty sure a black hole cant suck another black hole

Actually, they can.

 

[visionary]

Actually, they can.

it just sounded nice so i took the rim shot

you are actually correct since black holes are essentially just huge magnets and "suck in " what ever falls within their gravitational field (including other stars and smaller black holes)

 

[jobberone]

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Funny guys but wouldn't take that too much further. Be good.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Could we have it just suck Philadelphia into the black hole?