The status of the warp drive

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 347-352

  Long, K F ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General relativity; Horizon mission methodology; Space drive; Warp drive

Indexed keywords

NASA;

CURRENT STATUS; GENERAL RELATIVITY; HORIZON MISSION METHODOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL TOOLS; PROBLEM DEFINITION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY;

RELATIVITY;

EID: 50249145811     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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