Monday, July 05, 2010

Question of the Week: Faster-Than-Light

Each science fiction novel/show/film has it's own way of allowing it's characters to get from point A to point B in a reasonable time-frame. We generally call any form of travel such as this Faster Than Light (FTL). Some of the most common forms of FTL transportation include:

1) Warp Drive (Star Trek, Starcraft)

2) Jump Drive (Battlestar Galactica, Wing Commander, Dune)
3) Hyperdrive (Star Wars, Andromeda, Babylon 5, Stargate)
4) Wormholes (Farscape, Stargate, Star Trek)

While we are many decades, if not centuries away from being able to travel at or beyond the speed of light, it is nice to dream. So, which of these forms of FTL space travel to you feel is the most plausible, or what other alternative do you believe man-kind will one day possess?

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