Scientists: Faster Than Light Travel Possible
Would work kind of like what you might imagine Star Trek's warp drive to work like
A Starship Enterprise-style warp drive could be a real possibility, according to a non-profit group of scientists and engineers.
Computer models have shown that it's theoretically possible to achieve faster than light travel by warping spacetime in a bubble around a starship - exploiting a loophole in Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
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You just need lots of dilithium crystals. Good news: You can go faster than light speed. Bad news: You will be one inch tall and weigh 6,000 lbs.