Fwd: [New post] Reaching for the Stars Part 3: Interstellar Overdrive

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Date: December 16, 2012 5:42:34 AM GMT-06:00
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Subject: [New post] Reaching for the Stars Part 3: Interstellar Overdrive

David Darling posted: "[caption id="attachment_28613" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The concept of a faster-than-light "warp drive" is being taken seriously by theoreticians and may one day be realized. Image Credit: NASA[/caption] It might be acceptable to send a robot" New post on AmericaSpace Reaching for the Stars Part 3: Interstellar Overdrive by David Darling It might be acceptable to send a robot probe on a 50-year journey to a nearby star, but human interstellar travel is going to demand much shorter travel times and therefore much higher speeds. The fact is that crewed starships, to be practical, will need to move at a significant fraction of the speed of [...] Read more of this post David Darling | December 16, 2012 at 6:40 am | Tags: aerospace, Arcturus, Astronaut, atk, Boeing, Bussard, Cape Canaveral, Curiosity, Einstein, Exploration, Explore, faster than light, FTL, Galaxy, Human Space Flight, International Space Station, ISS, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Johnson Space Center, JPL, JSC, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Lunar, Mars, Moon, NASA, Orion, ramjet, rocket, Rockets, Shuttle, Space, space exploration, space shuttle, SpaceX, Star Trek, starship, ULA, United Launch Alliance, warp drive | Categories: Apollo, astronaut, ATK, Atlantis, Bolden, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, CCAFS, Endeavour, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, Human Space Flight, International Space Station, ISS, Johnson Space Center, JSC, Kennedy Space Center, KSC, Launch, Mars, Moon, NASA, Orion, Propulsion, Science, Shuttle, SLS, Space, Space Exploration, Space Exploration Technologies, Space Launch System, space shuttle, SpaceX, Tech, Technology, ULA, United Launch Alliance, Updates | URL: http://wp.me/p1YCNG-7ru Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28612