Mars in 3 hours, 11 light years in 80 days

S said:
Ashmo said:
Also, there's the whole bending the space to shorten the distance thing.
yep that is possible in theory

Ashmo said:
The fun thing about worm holes and similar "solutions" is that they all pose the threat of dissolving or combusting or otherwise becoming nasty while you're inside.
Then there's the whole gravity thing and all that. Like taking a walk on a black hole sun.
first of all i want to ask what you mean by inside ??? (inside of what? ... if you bend space you don't spend a sec inside of anything :roll: )

And you mentioned gravity???? what has it got to do with parallel dimension travel???

Did I say anything about dimensions? No! I said BENDING SPACE.

Bending space to shorten distances doesn't have jack to do with trans-dimensional travel.

Worm holes are traditionally used as an example for bending space and thus connecting two distant places (think of 3d space as a 2d plane and bend that plane, then push through spots on both "sides" until they meet -- BAM! Worm hole.

The problem with worm holes is that -- if they exist and work as expected -- they might just as well crush you or tear you in half if they dissolve before you are "through" (i.e. while you're "inside" the tunnel).

Also, if you can "delete" your posts, you can just as well EDIT them, so please do that. There's no reason to multipost like that.
 
Cleaned the thread of S' posts.

You heard Wooz, S. You can not delete posts, but you can Edit them with the big red shiny edit button

edityourpost
 
Sounds to me like someone has watched Event Horizon a few to many times. Used same idea, but everyone went apeshit crazy and killed each other when they came back into normal space. Plus they would have to build something pretty damn big to sustain anyone long enough to make the trip worth while. Plus who would be the first human test pilot for the program. I nominate "S". On a side note, if you haven't seen the movie, you should. It's pretty good.
 
forddieselguy said:
Sounds to me like someone has watched Event Horizon a few to many times. Used same idea, but everyone went apeshit crazy and killed each other when they came back into normal space. Plus they would have to build something pretty damn big to sustain anyone long enough to make the trip worth while. Plus who would be the first human test pilot for the program. I nominate "S". On a side note, if you haven't seen the movie, you should. It's pretty good.

too bad, never interested in space exploring or wormhole traveling. That movie was fun to watch but it kind of lacks gory scenes
 
I am quite curious though. If someone can explain this to me, it will be appreciated.

I have heard of a few theories concerning this.

1. this one suprisingly sounds like the idea on Futurama. The ship itself doesn't actually go anywhere, so it actually moves by folding the space around the ship. This was actually on Discovery channel because a German physicist purposed that it's possible. (not sure if it's an exact fit, since memory is hazy about that point)

2. I can't recall where I have seen this, but here goes - the space ship travels by "hopping" through short distance wormholes to their destination. A--1--2--3--4--5--B, not AB. I am guessing the idea is that there would be a large amount energy available and by creating smaller warmholes, the risk/damage is lower?

3. A popular one. A space ship will travel faster than conventional means by going to some kind of hyperspace highways. It's kinda like warp speed, except that it's built like a highway. The highway moves at the same time as the ship, therefore you go faster.

I don't know. These are just the popular ideas that popped into my head when I read this. Anyone know if any of these are related to real theories or are they just crackpot lies?
 
I don't think hopping through multiple wormholes is safer.

After all the point of a wormhole is to reduce the distance between A and B to a constant minimum. Doing it more than once to pass one distance would actually increase the risk (by the number of wormholes you "hop" through) as far as I can say.
 
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