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style warp drive actually feasible  10:35 AM, Sep 19, 2012   |  
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going to warp in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"  (WXIA) -- The
geeks among us are rejoicing this week, with word from a NASA
scientist that faster-than-light space travel -- or for the
uninitiated, a version of Star Trek's warp drive -- is actually
feasible.  But wait -- didn't we all learn in grade school
physics that nothing can travel faster than light?  Apparently,
that hasn't stopped scientists from developing a plausible
theory that works within the bounds of physics and doesn't
violate Albert Einstein's pesky theory of relativity.  The
concept, published in the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity
in 1994 by physicist Miguel Alcubierre, suggests bending -- or
warping -- space-time in front of and behind a ship,
transporting it through space without actually forcing the ship
to try to travel faster than the speed