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Andrews Physics Blog Can String Theory Explain Warp Drive?

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Can String Theory Explain Warp Drive? Sunday May 10, 2009 #spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)Many physicists are drawn into the field because of an initial love of science fiction, and more than a few physicists can trace their initial fascination directly to Star Trek. With the new film, a couple of physicists at Baylor University – Dr. Gerald Cleaver and Dr. Richard Obousy – have put forth an explanation of how to create their own version of the Star Trek “warp drive” by exploiting the extra dimensions of string theory. Their method is a modification of the Alcubierre drive, proposed originally in 1994 by Miguel Alcubierre, which would allow a starship to travel along spacet

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