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Martinoptic · 02-08-2024, 04:53 AM

Or maybe poor observation? Is observing distant parts prone to inaccuracy?

DNSB · 02-08-2024, 04:57 AM

Has the age of the galaxy been changed from 300 million years after the BIG BANG to 350 million years after the BIG BANG? Is it just a baby now?

Solitaire1 · 02-08-2024, 10:44 AM

Wouldn't 50 billion years just be a small blip in cosmic terms?

neil_swann80 · 02-08-2024, 10:59 AM

3.6x the age of the universe itself is a blip?

DNSB · 02-08-2024, 07:06 PM

B? M? Do we need a program to tell the difference?

Martinoptic · 02-09-2024, 09:18 AM

Isn’t there an “n” between b and m? Nth degree?

Solitaire1 · 02-09-2024, 10:23 AM

Is Nth Degree related to Nth Metal*?

*A metal used by Hawkman and Hawkgirl. It allows the user to survive in space without the need of a space suit, enhances ability, and affects emotions.

neil_swann80 · 02-09-2024, 11:28 AM

I wonder if we'll crack warp drive?

DNSB · 02-09-2024, 02:05 PM

Anyone remember the name of a science fiction short story where they found the speed of light in hyperspace was slower than in normal space?

Solitaire1 · 02-09-2024, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Anyone remember the name of a science fiction short story where they found the speed of light in hyperspace was slower than in normal space?

Didn't I read that story in a collection of science fiction short stories?

DNSB · 02-09-2024, 11:07 PM

Am I allowed to post non-questions as part of a quote?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Anyone remember the name of a science fiction short story where they found the speed of light in hyperspace was slower than in normal space?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solitaire1

Didn't I read that story in a collection of science fiction short stories?

Probably but for the life of me, I can't remember the author, story title or collection.

Finally got a hit! FTA by George R. R. Martin from the 1974-05 issue of Analog.

Quote:

Schechter sighed again. “You’re working under several misapprehensions. To begin with, the FTL Foundation was created to research a method of faster-than-light travel. A star drive, let us say. Hyperspace is only one avenue toward that end. Right now, we’re pursuing other avenues that look more promising. We …”

“I know all about those other avenues,” Kinery interrupted. “Dead ends, all of them. You’re wasting the taxpayers’ money. And my God, some of the things you’re funding! Allison and his teleportation experiments. Claudia Daniels with her nonsense about an esper-engine. And Chung’s time-stasis hypothesis!”

Schechter cut him off. “Never mind,” he said. “It isn’t important. We fund the crackpot theories that we fund because they’re better than nothing. Hyperspace is the dead end, Kinery. We keep the myth alive for the public, but we know better.”

Kinery grimaced. “Oh, come now, Schechter. Take a look at my papers. You give me the funding and I’ll give you a hyperspace engine within two years.”

Schechter turned to face him. “I’m sure you would,” he said, in a voice infinitely weary. “You know, Canferelli once said there was no reason why the limiting velocity of light should apply in hyperspace. He was right. It doesn’t.

“I’m sorry, Kinery. Really I am. But Lopez gave us a hyperdrive thirty years ago. That’s when we discovered that the limiting velocity in hyperspace is not the speed of light.

“It’s slower, Kinery. It’s slower.”

neil_swann80 · 02-10-2024, 02:14 AM

So, where were we?

Martinoptic · 02-10-2024, 05:17 AM

Were we trekking across the universe?

Solitaire1 · 02-10-2024, 11:32 AM

Are we boldly going forward because we can't find reverse?

neil_swann80 · 02-10-2024, 11:51 AM

Has anyone seen the dilithium crystals?

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02-08-2024, 04:53 AM	#16351
Martinoptic Bibliophist Posts: 7,170 Karma: 7173892 Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: England Device: none	Or maybe poor observation? Is observing distant parts prone to inaccuracy?

02-08-2024, 04:57 AM	#16352
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,708 Karma: 169712580 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Has the age of the galaxy been changed from 300 million years after the BIG BANG to 350 million years after the BIG BANG? Is it just a baby now?

02-08-2024, 10:44 AM	#16353
Solitaire1 Samurai Lizard Posts: 14,950 Karma: 69500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	Wouldn't 50 billion years just be a small blip in cosmic terms?

02-08-2024, 10:59 AM	#16354
neil_swann80 0000000000101010 Posts: 5,892 Karma: 12981955 Join Date: Mar 2023 Location: An island off the coast of Ireland Device: PB632 [HD3]	3.6x the age of the universe itself is a blip?

02-08-2024, 07:06 PM	#16355
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,708 Karma: 169712580 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	B? M? Do we need a program to tell the difference?

02-09-2024, 09:18 AM	#16356
Martinoptic Bibliophist Posts: 7,170 Karma: 7173892 Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: England Device: none	Isn’t there an “n” between b and m? Nth degree?

02-09-2024, 10:23 AM	#16357
Solitaire1 Samurai Lizard Posts: 14,950 Karma: 69500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	Is Nth Degree related to Nth Metal? A metal used by Hawkman and Hawkgirl. It allows the user to survive in space without the need of a space suit, enhances ability, and affects emotions.

02-09-2024, 11:28 AM	#16358
neil_swann80 0000000000101010 Posts: 5,892 Karma: 12981955 Join Date: Mar 2023 Location: An island off the coast of Ireland Device: PB632 [HD3]	I wonder if we'll crack warp drive?

02-09-2024, 02:05 PM	#16359
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,708 Karma: 169712580 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Anyone remember the name of a science fiction short story where they found the speed of light in hyperspace was slower than in normal space?

02-10-2024, 02:14 AM	#16362
neil_swann80 0000000000101010 Posts: 5,892 Karma: 12981955 Join Date: Mar 2023 Location: An island off the coast of Ireland Device: PB632 [HD3]	So, where were we?

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02-10-2024, 05:17 AM	#16363
Martinoptic Bibliophist Posts: 7,170 Karma: 7173892 Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: England Device: none	Were we trekking across the universe?

02-10-2024, 11:32 AM	#16364
Solitaire1 Samurai Lizard Posts: 14,950 Karma: 69500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: NookColor, Nook Glowlight 4	Are we boldly going forward because we can't find reverse?

02-10-2024, 11:51 AM	#16365
neil_swann80 0000000000101010 Posts: 5,892 Karma: 12981955 Join Date: Mar 2023 Location: An island off the coast of Ireland Device: PB632 [HD3]	Has anyone seen the dilithium crystals?