Read : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/364496.stm

 

We are one step closer says the BBC lol

Read : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/364496.stm

 

We are one step closer says the BBC lol

 

That 10 year old article is talking about:

 

At superluminal speeds, the warp field becomes dangerously unstable. Also, the 'inertial bubble' would be Hawking irradiated.

http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9707024

http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0141

Ok, this is my idea for a space ship, a toroidal shape, artificial gravity on the inside surface by spinning the craft, in the center is a place for docking, engines, a place to attach a towed nuclear reactor, and or anything that requires zero gee. Magnetic sails could be used or even material sails could be kept taunt by the crafts rotation. such a craft could be inhabited long term as it was gravity assisted through orbits that could include several planets and be slowly changed in it's orbit and restocked by other space craft when it's orbit came close to the earth. Kind of like a base in space that could house different crews for various time spans and missions.