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I thought the Alcubierre effect was theoretically possible by getting near a rapidly rotating neutron star?

• ben_w 5y ago
  There isn’t anything with that name, AFAICT. Did you mean “frame dragging”?
  • jonplackett 5y ago
    I think they mean Alcubierre Drive: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive
    • ben_w 5y ago
      While the name is similar, the drive has nothing to do with spinning neutron stars
      • fnord77 5y ago
        there was an article a while back claiming the possibility of Alcubierre drive effects (displacement of space/time) in close proximity to a neutron star that is spinning rapidly. I'll try to find the article.
        • ben_w 5y ago
          That sounds like a journalist read a bit about both frame dragging and the Alcubierre metric and had as much wishful thinking as is usually my own personal weakness with all things GR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame-dragging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame-dragging