Was Alan Virdons ANSA spacecraft equipped with an advanced warp drive?
There is evidence that Virdon’s spacecraft was far more advanced than Taylor’s spacecraft. In the first movie, we have indication that space flight to another star is a tedious and very time consuming venture often requiring that the crew be placed in suspended animation for months or years at a time. When we get our first good look inside the second type of ANSA spacecraft, we see that it is constructed for apparently short term flight, since it has no facilities for suspended animation. In fact, looking at the evidence given for the hardware in the TV series, flight to another star may be a matter of only a few hours effort! Looking at the exterior of Virdon’s craft, we see that the tail section is composed of some kind of heat shield similar to the types used on Apollo capsules. The two concentric rings of varying diameter and the multiple holes indicate that there was, again, more to this spacecraft than we see. The faster than light drive section would attach to the rear of the AN
