Nasa starts work on real life star trek warp drive. Advanced propulsion physics research 100 yss 2011 paper. Dr harold sonny white, a nasa mechanical engineer and physicist. The alcubierre warp drive metric, wherein a spacecraft can appear to vastly exceed the speed of light without locally ever doing so, derived in 1, is reconsidered. How nasa might build its very first warp drive io9. White, who just shared his latest ideas at the 100 year starship 2012 public symposium, says that if you adjust the shape of the ring surrounding the object, from something that looks like a flat halo into. If such a warp is detected, it is hoped that more research into creating an alcubierre warp bubble will be inspired.
But scientists are looking for ways to get around this, and a team based at nasa eagleworks, led by dr harold sonny white, have been working on just that. I would argue a different solution to the one being employed by myself. A ringshaped warp drive device could transport a footballshape starship center to effective speeds faster than light. Initial motion key to ensuring a warp engine is in drive not. October, 2012 nobel for a cell greenlands clearwater. Harold white s papers at the nasa technical reports server. New warp drive patent has emerged online unexplained mysteries. The concept was first proposed by mexican physicist miguel. Recent work published by white 1 2 3 suggests that it may be possible to engineer spacetime creating conditions similar to what drives the expansion of the cosmos. He also explained their work in nasas 2012 roundup publication. The analysis of harold white applied to the natario warp drive. General parameters of an alcubierre warp drive in higher dimensional.
Harold white houston a warp drive to achieve fasterthanlight travel a concept popularized in televisions star trek may not be as unrealistic as once thought. The last major step forward that i can remember, was the experimental work conducted in 2011 by harold g. The alcubierre warp drive metric, wherein a spacecraft can appear to vastly. The first of these solutions was discovered by the mexican mathematician miguel alcubierre in 1994.
Alcubierre white is another form of warp drive that softens spacetime by rapidly oscillating energy and by using a ring structure of an oscillating mass, e. Specifiquement, lespace est contracte en avant du vaisseau et allonge derriere lui. The alcubierre warp drive seems to be very attractive because allows interstellar space travel at arbitrarily large speeds avoiding the time dilatation and mass. New warp drive patent has emerged online unexplained. Pdf an examination of warp theory and technology to determine. One day, such craft might spur exploration of the solar system. Harold sonny white nasa johnson space center 2101 nasa parkway, mc ep4 houston, tex. Harold whites analysis applied to the natario warp drive. A few months ago, physicist harold white stunned the aeronautics world when he announced that he and his. Ford and pfenning computed the amount of negative energy needed to maintain an alcubierre warp drive and they arrived at the result of 10.
The canonical form of the alcubierre warp drive metric is. May 14, 2020 however, nasas harold white found a flaw in the leading warp drive theory symmetrical energy densities could send a ship into reverse as easily as forward thus, an initial bias has to be. Sonny white, heading up the eagleworks warp drive program has signed nondisclosure agreements to the technology that he has been made aware of, exceeding warp drive, and nasa has done more to serve to sanitize and classify all spacebased information which in such an act, no longer serves for the benefit of all humanity. Another science paper was released by researchers harold white. On paper, it is a highly speculative, but possibly valid, solution of the einstein field equations, specifically how space, time and. Here is information from a presentation by harold white that explains the test setup. Jun 11, 2014 nasa physicist harold white has given a new presentation and updated version of a theoretical version of a future warp drive vessel.
In particular, the resulting warp drive does not require the use of exotic matter. The alcubierre warp drive metric, wherein a spacecraft can appear to vastly exceed the speed of light without locally ever doing so, derived in 1, is rec. In this work we use the geometrized system of units in which c g 1 spacetime metrics in general relativity are often written in the following form. Harold sonny white nasa warp drive research for rapid interstellar travel. Pdf the natario warp drive using lorentz boosts according. Apr 30, 2015 for example, as eagleworks research lead harold white and kent joosten write in a 2014 paper on human space exploration pdf, spaceships outfitted with emdrives and onboard nuclear power instead. Twelfth international conference on future energy cofe12 including research in new energy, propulsion, and bioenergetics. The natario warp drive using lorentz boosts according to. Jan 20, 2017 in physics, it is what is known as the alcubierre warp drive. On the matter of matter mcmonigal, lewis, obyrne pdf file. Conformal gravity and the alcubierre warp drive metric hindawi. An explanation of the alcubierrewhite warp drive youtube. The main characteristics of the resulting warp drive remain the same as in the original study by alcubierre, that is.
The natario warp drive using lorentz boosts according to the. The canonical form of the metric was developed and published in 6 which provided key insight into the field potential and boost for the field which remedied a critical paradox in the original. The alcubierre warp drive using lorentz boosts according to. The alcubierre drive uses a huge amount of energy to make a sort of foldlike pocket. Jun 11, 2014 for years, harold sonny white has been delving into the technical details of a concept known as the alcubierre warp drive as part of his job at nasas johnson space center. Initial motion key to ensuring a warp engine is in drive. Download citation the analysis of harold white applied to the natario warp drive spacetime. Each person named within the document has been credited with coauthorship status, given. The canonical form of the alcubierre warp drive metric is considered to gain insight into the mathematical. Superfast spacecraft propulsion concepts images space.
They apply harold whites analysis to the natario warp drive and arrive at similar conclusions. Reactionless drives in this sense of the rodin coil were heavily looked into by the military and defense departments, according to marko rodin who said he worked with them to show them. More recently, two engineers from chicago jessica gallanis and eytan halm suchard have put forward their own patent application for a variation on alcubierres design that they call the alcubierre white warp drive which also incorporates improvements by nasas harold g. The alcubierre warp drive using lorentz boosts according to the harold white spacetime metric potential fernando loup. Download citation the natario warp drive using lorentz boosts according to the harold white spacetime metric. Sadly i know too little about this to understand it. A few months ago, physicist harold white stunned the aeronautics world when he announced that he and his team at nasa had begun work on the development of a fasterthanlight warp drive.
Its been a while since the last significant step forward from miguel alcubierres original work on warp propulsion theory back in 1994. The alcubierre warp drive seems to be very attractive because allows interstellar space travel at arbitrarily large speeds avoiding the time dilatation. Apr 01, 20 white is trying to distort spacetime, research that he says could one day lead to a warp drive. Harold white applied its conclusions for the alcubierre warp drive. Harold white, of warp drive fame, predicted that a. Nasa actually working on fasterthanlight warp drive.
Einsteinmaxwell equations for asymmetric resonant cavities. It is shown that the underlying driving physical mechanism at least in a mathematical sense is not the expansioncontraction of the space surrounding the spacecraft via the york time t 2. Ever since the sound barrier was broken, people have turned their attention to how we can break the light speed barrier. Aug 01, 2014 that would not only drastically reduce the cost of keeping satellites running and in orbit, but it could make interstellar travel much easier. End of introduction section 1 the tesla system is the foundation for warp drive and the basis for negative energy physics and research using radiant energy which interfaces with consciousness and vibrational frequency primarily using emotion as the guiding force of living biology.
Daniel rocha december 23, 2012 abstract warp drives are solutions of the einstein field equations that allows superluminal travel within the framework of general relativity. A simple explanation of how a real warp drive could work asteronxin this video we discuss how warp drives work. Sep 21, 2011 warp field interferometer that will be able to measure spacetime disturbances down to 150nm. Download citation the natario warp drive using lorentz boosts according to the harold white spacetime metric potential. Harold white and his team at nasa started to work on and tweak the alcubierre drive. Integrity research institute, sponsor of cofe12, hosted a free twoday virtual conference via zoom in the middle of the month on august 1415, 2020 with an extra plenary 90minute presentation on saturday night august 15th at 5 pm. In this work we examine the feasibility of the white idea for the natario warp drive using clear mathematical arguments and we arrived at the conclusion that the line of reason of harold white is correct and can be applied to the natario geometry. This is the amazing design for nasas star trekstyle space.
The analysis of harold white applied to the natario warp. This is the amazing design for nasas star trekstyle. Nasa tests impossible nofuel quantum space engine and it. The alcubierre warp drive in higher dimensional spacetime author. The alcubierre warp drive in higher dimensional spacetime. White s warp drive 101 paper pdf dr harold white bio. Jun 11, 2014 white speculates that such a drive could result in speeds that could take a spacecraft to alpha centauri in a mere two weeks even though the system is 4. Harold white s initial research in creating a warp drive bubble, was to use vortex toroidshaped coils, if im not mistaken. Sep 19, 2012 according to nasa physicist harold white, the energy problem may actually be surmountable by simply tweaking the warp drive s geometry. Warp drives are solutions of the einstein field equations that allows.
Harold sonny white described their work in a nasa paper titled warp field mechanics 101. Nasa reveals latest warpdrive ship designs iflscience. The alcubierre warp drive in higher dimensional spacetime h. The canonical form of the metric was developed and published in 6 which provided key insight into the field potential and boost for the field which remedied a. Pdf the alcubierre warp drive using lorentz boosts. Sep 20, 2012 dr white said his findings change the chances of developing a warp drive from impractical to plausible, and added that he had set up a lab to test his theory at the johnson space center. A research team led by harold sonny white in collaboration with richard juday at the nasa johnson space center and dakota state university was. The principal author has done some followon work with the original metric to put it into canonical form white 2003.
Warp drive more possible than thought, scientists say space. The canonical form of the metric was developed and published in 6 which provided key insight into the field potential and boost for the field which remedied a critical. Emotional energy will affect the power output of some systems, too. Warp drives are solutions of the einstein field equations that allows superluminal travel within. View all of the spesif2011cofe4 papers and download any of them for free pdf. Sonny white is a mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, and applied. Recently, alexey bobrick and gianni martire picking up the torch to bring this. Davis2 15231 pilgrim oaks lane, league city, tx 77573, usa 2inst. Youtube video of harold white dr harold white s presentation at the 20 starship congress. The alcubierre warp drive using lorentz boosts according. Spaceships travelling faster than the speed of light has been the domain. Nasa tests impossible nofuel quantum space engine and. Alcubierre white warp drive machine suchard eytan halm. Nasa unveils its futuristic warp drive starship called.
To investigate the feasibility of a warp drive, white and his team have. General parameters of an alcubierre warp drive in higher. Sonny white born october 8, 1965 is a mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, and applied physicist who is the advanced propulsion team lead for the nasa engineering directorate and is known for proposing new alcubierre drive concepts and promoting advanced propulsion projects, under development at the nasa johnson space center, including the first practical experiment to test. The white juday warp field interferometer is an experiment designed to detect a microscopic instance of a warping of spacetime.
The alcubierre drive, alcubierre warp drive, or alcubierre metric referring to metric tensor is a. It was thought to use too much negative energy until harold sonny white showed. Harold sonny white nasa johnson space center 2101 nasa parkway, mc ep4 houston, tx 77058 email. Johnson space center sprawls beside lagoons where houston gives way to galveston bay. The natario warp drive using lorentz boosts according to the harold white spacetime metric potential.
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