Is The Alcubierre Warp Drive Possible? | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

Is mankind capable of achieving warp speed? Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetime Support us on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Help translate our videos! http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g Inspired by Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek, physicist Miguel Alcubierre set out to transform one of the cornerstones of science fiction iconography, the Warp Drive, into reality. But is it even possible? Can we "warp" the fabric of reality so that we can break the speed of light? And why is NASA actually exploring this potentiality? Join Matt on this week’s episode to learn the physics of what s physically possible! “What Happens At The Edge of the Universe”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwwIFcdUFrE ----------------------------------------­­--------- COMMENTS: Renato Grigoli (Chopin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tstyqz2g7o&lc=z12rc15qaqynfjuyo04cefsiomezc32hm0g psantochi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tstyqz2g7o&lc=z130zhkbkkbfgbrdd23qz1twqyqlfzflq MrSh1pman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tstyqz2g7o&lc=z12utvsankqryxov022pcpaxuqifg1hwn04 Tenebrae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tstyqz2g7o&lc=z12etzi4azrbiri4k04ccdxhuufvuvkomd0 Un Disclosed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tstyqz2g7o&lc=z13jdpchdnzudxmwn04ch3fb0kqgtb1xr2w Simon Martin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tstyqz2g7o&lc=z121dldrsnaxunuh404cdhlwdsytfjiaabk ----------------------------------------­­--------- REFERENCES: Alcubierre 1994 http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0009013 Krasnikov 1995 http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9511068 Van Den Broeck 1999 http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9906050 Krasnikov 2002 http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0207057 Harold White, Warp Field Mechanics 101 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110015936.pdf Harold White, Warp Field Mechanics 102 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20130011213.pdf ----------------------------------------­­--------- Let us know what topics you want to learn more about:http://bit.ly/spacetimepoll