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Re:The tyranny of the rocket equation (2012) by YesWeWill on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @08:34AM (#32736256)
Sure, my point is that the changes made with Alcubierre drive are controllable.
Re:The tyranny of the rocket equation (2012) by simiones on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @09:07AM (#32736588)
Not really. The Alcubierre "drive" is closer to a "shape", a static solution to Einstein's equations. There is no proposed device that actually achieves this shape. The only idea along those lines implies a kind of Alcubierre railroad - you set up a path of negative mass matter (which almost certainly doesn't exist) and then move this with regular means as the ship is approaching, thereby continuing the bubble for the ship.