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Forget Warp Speed, Try One Of These Alternative FTL Ideas

In Star Wars and Star Trek, the main way to get around the galaxy is to use warp speed or flip on your hyperdrive, which is a bit like hitting the gas pedal as hard as you can so you'll get there a bit quicker. There's more science to it than that, involving subspace fields and hyperspace and all that jazz, but the end result is that you're traveling very quickly. But besides speed, what other faster than light alternatives are there? Check out our list of other ways to get there in scifi. More »

3:40 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Kevin Kelly
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Latest by n/a: I like books that take the time to really explain how their FTL drives work. The details of what is and isn't possible in terms of interstellar travel would make a huge difference. Snce FTL is made up more »

How Would We Kill Aliens Without Faster Than Light Travel? What if warp drive, hyperspace and wormholes turn out to be fantasies? We'll still need to kill aliens from other solar systems. What will we do? Take the poll after the jump!

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Controversial SciFi Realist Tells io9 Why Warp Drives Suck

Most science fiction movies make jumping to other star systems look as easy as stepping out for a bagel. But scientists think it'll never be that easy. So science fiction author Geoff Ryman (Air) invented a new school of writing called Mundane Science Fiction, which avoids faster-than-light travel, time travel or parallel universes. Why is he such a buzzkill? We asked him. More »

11:30 AM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By charliejane
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