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Eh, nowhere did I read her say that warp fields would cause something to move. It was never a stipulation of warp drives that they would cause something to move
by lambdasquirrel 5y ago
Eh, nowhere did I read her say that warp fields would cause something to move. It was never a stipulation of warp drives that they would cause something to move. In principle, they contract the space ahead of you so that any forward movement would be amplified. But you still need something to impart forward momentum.
- pkdpic 5y agoSo, they can facilitate actual movement then?
- kordlessagain 5y agoWhat we need is an inertia-less drive.
- handol 5y ago> It was never a stipulation of warp drives that they would cause something to move. The name was lifted from a very well known science fiction universe, where it has exactly that stipulation. As a result it carries that implication for (the vast majority of) readers when it shows up on IFLScience or whatever.