NASA Johnson Space Center
Warp Field Mechanics 101 (Harold White, NASA JSC)
Study · written 30 September 2011 · released 30 September 2011
Why this matters
A 2011 paper from a NASA Johnson Space Center engineer arguing that the energy requirements of an Alcubierre-style 'warp drive' might be far lower than thought, and proposing a lab interferometer test. It started a decade of headlines and skepticism about NASA's 'Eagleworks' lab. Read the primary text before the press coverage.
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NASA Johnson Space Center. "Warp Field Mechanics 101 (Harold White, NASA JSC)." 30 September 2011. Released 30 September 2011. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20110015936 (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0041).