WarpFactory

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.02709 https://github.com/NerdsWithAttitudes/WarpFactory I'm impressed that they've removed the requirement for negative energy, but it's not quite ready to hand the drawings to your local machine shop to build one. It requires matter packed to an energy density on the order of 10^39 joules per cubic meter. According to [1], oil has a (chemical) energy density of 4.5x10^10 joules per cubic meter, purified uranium produces 1.5x10^15 J/m^3 in a fission reactor, and that same uranium in pure mass-to-energy conversion produces on the order of 10^21 J/m^3. Uranium has a density of 19x10^3 kg/m^3, and the nucleus of an atom or neutron star has a density on the order of 4x10^17...if you can build the entire ship out of pure neutrons, you're still coming up short by a factor of ~100. All that does suggest that it seems r

https://appliedphysics.org/warp-drive/ Anyone can confirm that the solution is indeed physical with Warp Factory. Software: https://github.com/NerdsWithAttitudes/WarpFactory Docs: https://applied-physics.gitbook.io/warp-factory Please submit any questions to the team, not here. Cheers to the Warp Age! -gianni (YC W'14)

Hi all, Gianni from Applied Physics and YC W'14. If anyone has any questions regarding our newly announced constant velocity warp drive solution, please post them here. Also, you can verify this solution with Warp Factory: https://github.com/NerdsWithAttitudes/WarpFactory

We have introduced a new 'Constant-Velocity Subluminal Warp Drive' that operates within the limits of general relativity using ordinary matter, eliminating the need for exotic energy. Powered by the Warp Factory analysis tool, which can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/NerdsWithAttitudes/WarpFactory, this warp drive demonstrates that rapid space travel within light speed is physically viable and marks significant progress as humanity embarks on the Warp Age. To learn more, please visit us at https://appliedphysics.org/warp-drive-research-apl/