General / Off-Topic NASA playing catch-up with F:D

[Fenris Wolf]

NASA working on faster-than-light drives...

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...rp-drive-starship-called-enterprise-of-course

 

[Alien]

about time NASA did this.

 

[CMDR Texas Stu]

In their defense they are over 1000 years behind Elite?

io9 article

 

[Thargon]

Soon™

 

[Exmortis]

I hate to burst anyone's bubble (pun intended), but this is little more than PR. It's more or less fantasy based on what is known today.

 

[Cosmos]

I hate to burst anyone's bubble (pun intended), but this is little more than PR. It's more or less fantasy based on what is known today.

Its worth watching this video of the lecture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8yht_ofHc