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Old 11-26-2012, 04:34 PM   #353
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The Alcubierre drive has always fascinated me. I can remember being at Emporia State University, and we had some physicist come in and speak to our Engineering club. He explained the idea behind the Alcubierre drive, and its effect on time and space, and it completely blew my mind. At the time, it seemed so completely unfathomable and I never ever thought that humans would be capable of such a thing for another 1000 years. My, did I have a lot to learn...

Yeah, I had heard of this idea before, but of course the amount of energy required to make it work was a seemingly insurmountable barrier to ever building one.

And now, this scientist may have had a breakthrough making it feasible.

Is there anything mankind cannot achieve?
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