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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
To me the only semi-hopeful way that interstellar travel can be achieved is by space-time distortions that temporarily alter the topology of the universe to connect remote regions. Wormholes for the layman  |
What you re describing isn't worm holes. And bending space enough for FTL would take a huuuuuuge amount of energy. A full Jupiter-mass of it. Not only energy, but "negative" energy, which is itself only a theory.
http://news.discovery.com/space/warp...ip-engine.html
lots:
http://www.physicsguy.com/ftl/index.html