There’s an article on the Discovery Space page today about the design of a spacecraft that could theoretically warp to anywhere in the universe. What separates this from the realm of strictly sci-fi is that the designer claims it really could work. The only problem is that we have nowhere near the required technology. For one, the ship relies largely on “dark energy” which no one is even certain what it is or if it even exists. Once we get that figured out, we’ll find a way to harness it and viola – interspace travel in the blink of an eye.
The funny bit for me is that the picture of the proposed spacecraft:
reminded me immediately of the spacecraft in the movie, Contact, which was capable of the exact same thing…
which was based on Kepler’s model of the universe…
which represented a detailed (but flawed) representation of a heliocentric universe…
which helped explain the patterns of movement of heavenly bodies such as Earth’s moon, featured predominately in the movie Apollo 13…
which, of course, starred Kevin Bacon
Thank you.
No? Well you try linking Kevin Bacon to Kepler.
