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[kathleen_dailey]

New Warp-Drive Propulsion Concept Moves Fictional Starships Closer to Engineering Reality

The resemblance to the twin nacelles of the USS Enterprise is not merely aesthetic ... but reflects a potential convergence between physical requirements and engineering design, where science-fiction architectures hint at practical pathways for real warp-capable configurations.

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[dewline]

Well, this might be useful down the road. Provided that our species isn't still governed in large part by autocrats by the time we actually get around to testing prototypes...

[kathleen_dailey]

Agreed. In my interstellar fantasy life, I imagine that the days of autocrats and despots are somehow (hand-wavingly) behind us, and that United Earth is ready to greet its near and distant neighbours.