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

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Cosmology & astrophysicsFundamental physics

What it is

PBS Space Time introduces Miguel Alcubierre's warp drive, explaining how spacetime itself could be warped rather than moving a ship through it, and whether it is physically possible.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a short, approachable starting point on warp drive physics from a channel commenters like.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “The channel below has quite a few other videos on the subject. I love it.”

    Explains the Alcubierre drive and why spacetime moves, not the ship

    pedro_hab, 2023-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Monster gravitational waves spotted for first time”

  2. “they have an episode that would be a good place to start on warp drives”

    Good starting episode on warp drives in a short physics series

    tzs, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “Warp Drive News”

  3. “For a shorter 10 minute video, see this PBS Spacetime video”

    Short 10 minute overview of Alcubierre drive feasibility

    LegitShady, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “Numerics applied to Casimir geometry generates intersection with Alcubierre warp”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: warp drive, general relativity, spacetime, pbs space time, faster than light

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