Warp Theory in 2 minutes

I borrowed someone's computer for the weekend so I can explain General/Special Relativity, the space-time continuum, etc..., but I only had enough time to make a quick video explaining Warp Theory. To do that I made animations on how I visualize space-time and why you would need to separate the space around a ship from regular space.

Also, when people talk about an object accelerating close to the speed of light through space-time I always hear how the object will gain mass, time will slow down for that object/person, light from that object will redshift or blueshift (watch "The Doppler Effect" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg9F5pN5tlI ), but I never hear mentioned if the space-time in front of it will be contracted and the space-time behind it will be expanded. So I assume that is the case when thinking about an accelerating object in space-time.

Hopefully when I get some more time/money/hardware I can give a better and more thorough explanation of the things Einstein talked about and how they link up with quantum mechanics. If you like stuff like this then you can help me make more at atdisplays.wordpress.com/about. If you like talking about this kind of stuff then physicsforums.com is your kind of place.

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Science & Technology

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• warp theory
• Albert Einstein
• space
• star trek
• speed of light
• space time
• spacetime
• space-time
• continuum

[jykozak]

How can I use this information to get a girlfriend?

[1blackone]

You forget to include the negative repercussions of warp travel, as stated in the series: the warp bubble "pushing" the space away causes it to tear. Leaving "broken space" in its wake. (imagine the water behind a boat) Over time, it makes warp in the area impossible...A bad thing, of course, for heavy traffic areas/trade routes.

[thenewBMW]

The "warp field' is an energy field projected around the ship that, essentially, creates a 'pocket universe' wherein the laws of physics and the flow of time are constant and unchanging. This is backed by two episodes of TNG: Where Beverly falls into an experimental warp field and is encased in her own 'pocket reality' and when the Enterprise assists a downed romulan ship and a feedback (created by an alien fetus) from a power transfer overloads the field generators and fractures space/time.

[TheAaron404]

so basicly, a star ship moving in space.... it has distorted space around it, causing something like air friction, when in warp, a warp bubble emits and there is no friction on the bubble, the ship moves faster with less friction thus, the ship travels faster and its called warp speed... am i wrong?

[EODsplosion]

So if something had a negative gravitational pull, it could exceed the speed of light?

[omgtkseth]

and what is it that is left when you take space out of it? Can there be an emptier space? could the ship even exist outside of spacetime?

[RatedRLilStar]

@Duotwk If you're referring to the episode of TNG that I think you are, I thought it was just that particular region of space where they had to restrict their speed to warp 5(?). I could just be remembering it incorrectly, of course.

[LegoWeirds]

@1blackone Well if it's like water, wouldn't it restore itself?

[dryoholungfish]

@Duotwk IIRC, warp 9 was left for emergencies only, the implication being that regular freight and transport traffic was mostly restricted to warp... was it 4? Or 5?

[Duotwk]

The negative repercussions of warp have long been written out of the series. A restriction on warp speed was mentioned once and then everyone went back to jetting around at warp 9.

[Davis4037]

@1blackone But what if the bubble is connected to that space, but the space in the bubble was not warped but the space outside of it was. for example, anyone inside the bubble would see everything outside of the bubble fly swiftly by, but everything in the bubble moving as if its normal, while outside the bubble, it looks as if the ship flies by along with the stuff in the bubble

[Davis4037]

@jykozak Then their reaction tells you if there a keeper