Someday, maybe. Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center are looking into ways to beat the universal speed limit with a real-life ‘’warp drive.’’ Just like the propulsion system on the Enterprise from Star Trek, this engine would bend the universe around the ship – shrinking space in front of the ship and expanding it behind – to propel the crew to place at faster-than-light speed. Using this drive, a trip to Alpha Centauri would take just a couple of weeks rather than thousands of years. Of course, this real-life warp drive is only on the drawing board for now. The researchers are trying to create a mini-model of how this could work, and they’ve already mocked up a ship, named – you guessed it – the Enterprise.
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