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! null 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 psantochi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tstyqz2g7o MrSh1pman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tstyqz2g7o Tenebrae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tstyqz2g7o Un Disclosed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tstyqz2g7o Simon Martin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tstyqz2g7o ---------------------------------------­­-------- 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