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> 2. You still need to be thinner than spaghetti I understand this is some form of hyperbole, but would what they propose be sufficient to transport masses of
by nawgz 5y ago
> 2. You still need to be thinner than spaghetti
I understand this is some form of hyperbole, but would what they propose be sufficient to transport masses of some raw elements around? Let's say some advanced civilization sent out mining expeditions, and desired a way to transport back that material FTL for example
- wearywanderer 5y agoFrom my reading of the PDF, they're talking about wormholes with a radius less than 10^-21 meters. The Bohr radius is 10^-11.
- teeray 5y agoI’d be more interested in sticking one end into the sun’s corona and getting an infinite rocket engine
- jimmygrapes 5y agoPlease use somebody else's sun
- mLuby 5y agoI wouldn't expect an exhaust plume passing through a wormhole to move the wormhole itself (or the heavily curved "portals" at its ends) any more than a plume would move "flat"/"normal" spacetime. Separately, Kurzgesagt did a video on stellar engines (which can be much less exotic than wormholes); sounds like what you're describing: https://youtu.be/v3y8AIEX_dU https://youtu.be/v3y8AIEX_dU