Yes you read that right, not only faster than light, but [b]10X FASTER[/b]. This would allow us to visit Giliese 581g, a planet similar to earth 20 light years away, in [b][u]2 YEARS[/u][/b]. 2 years is nothing when it comes to long distance trips! [quote]Working at NASA Eagleworks—a skunkworks operation deep at NASA's Johnson Space Center—Dr. White's team is trying to find proof of those loopholes. They have "initiated an interferometer test bed that will try to generate and detect a microscopic instance of a little warp bubble" using an instrument called the White-Juday Warp Field Interferometer. It may sound like a small thing now, but the implications of the research huge. In his own words: [quote]Although this is just a tiny instance of the phenomena, it will be existence proof for the idea of perturbing space time-a "Chicago pile" moment, as it were. Recall that December of 1942 saw the first demonstration of a controlled nuclear reaction that generated a whopping half watt. This existence proof was followed by the activation of a ~ four megawatt reactor in November of 1943. Existence proof for the practical application of a scientific idea can be a tipping point for technology development.[/quote] By creating one of these warp bubbles, the spaceship's engine will compress the space ahead and expand the space behind, moving it to another place without actually moving, and carrying none of the adverse effects of other travel methods. According to Dr. White, "by harnessing the physics of cosmic inflation, future spaceships crafted to satisfy the laws of these mathematical equations may actually be able to get somewhere unthinkably fast—and without adverse effects."[/quote] The important thing is that this could open the door to a new kind of space travel! One where we can visit other star systems and return to tell the tale to our families. Space is the next sea we will sail upon. [url=http://gizmodo.com/5942634/nasa-starts-development-of-real-life-star-trek-warp-drive]link[/url] [url=http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20110023492]NASA Eagleworks[/url]