{"id":19006,"date":"2015-11-02T04:46:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T12:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/is-the-alcubierre-warp-drive-possible-space-time-pbs-digital-studios"},"modified":"2017-06-04T11:27:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T18:27:11","slug":"is-the-alcubierre-warp-drive-possible-space-time-pbs-digital-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/is-the-alcubierre-warp-drive-possible-space-time-pbs-digital-studios","title":{"rendered":"Is The Alcubierre Warp Drive Possible? | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/94ed4v_T6YM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Is mankind capable of achieving warp speed?<\/p>\n<p>Tweet at us! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pbsspacetime\">@pbsspacetime<\/a><br \/> Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/pbsspacetime\">facebook.com\/pbsspacetime<\/a><br \/> Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com.<\/p>\n<p>Comment on Reddit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime\" rel=\"nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime\">http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Gene Roddenberry\u2019s 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 \u201cwarp\u201d 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\u2019s episode to learn the physics of what\u2019s physically possible!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Happens At The Edge of the Universe\u201d:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AwwIFcdUFrE\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AwwIFcdUFrE\" rel=\"nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AwwIFcdUFrE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AwwIFcdUFrE<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014- <wbr>\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=94ed4v_T6YM\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Inspired by Gene Roddenberry\u2019s 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? [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":390,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/390"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19006"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63800,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19006\/revisions\/63800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}