Why is warp 10 Impossible?

Our solution was to redraw the warp curve so that the exponent of the warp factor increases gradually, then sharply as you approach Warp 10. At Warp 10, the exponent (and the speed) would be infinite, so you could never reach this value.

What is the highest warp speed possible?

Transwarp generally refers to speeds and technologies that are beyond conventional warp drives. The warp drive has a natural physical or economical limit beyond which higher speeds are no longer possible. The reference work Star Trek Fact Files indicates this limit at warp factor 9.99.

Is warp 10 possible in Star Trek?

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According to Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (p. 55), the ship didn't actually achieve warp 10 or go beyond it, but it did travel at the extreme speed of about Warp 9.9999999996. This was confirmed in "Threshold" in which Tom Paris becomes the first Human to travel at warp 10.

How long would it take to travel 70000 light years at warp 9?

Voyager was about 70,000 light-years away from home, and crew would often use "75 years" as the time it would take to get back home at top speed. This means the Voyager series used the old method of Warp calculation. 70,000/9.9753 is roughly 71 years.

Will humans ever develop warp speed?

Warp drives are theoretically possible if still far-fetched technology. Two recent papers made headlines in March when researchers claimed to have overcome one of the many challenges that stand between the theory of warp drives and reality.

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Is NASA building a warp drive?

DARPA and NASA Scientists Accidentally Create Warp Bubble for Interstellar Travel. A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-funded research project at NASA's Johnson Space Center may have accidentally discovered how to build a warp drive engine. The scientists published their findings in July.

Is warp 1 the speed of light?

Warp one, a veritable snail's pace in the world of Trek, is equal to the speed of light. Warp speeds exceeding warp one equal a multiple of C (the speed of light), but the exact speeds are variable, depending on the source material. It seems the Federation altered its scale as time went on.

How many mph is warp 1?

According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, in simple terms, the new warp speed factor 1 is the exact speed of light, 299,792,458 m/s.

How far is Vulcan from Earth?

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This system is some 16 light-years from Earth, which is about 94 trillion miles (151 trillion km) away. Unfortunately, it would take us nearly 81,000 years to reach the *closest* star.

Why was Voyager Cancelled?

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The show could never quite commit to its premise, the cast was uneven, and the writing was at times dire. Star Trek: Voyager ended on its own terms after seven seasons, but it limped to the finish line, rather than going out on top like The Next Generation.

How fast is full impulse?

Full impulse speed is about one-quarter light speed, sufficient for interplanetary travel. Aboard Federation starships, fusion reactors power the engines using deuterium fuel to create helium plasma.

What does NCC in Star Trek stand for?

NCC is the Starfleet abbreviation for "Naval Construction Contract", comparable to what the U.S. Navy would call a hull number. Jefferies rejected 3, 6, 8, and 9 as "too easily confused" on screen; he eventually reasoned the Enterprise was the first vessel of Starfleet's 17th starship design, hence 1701.

What happens if you exceed warp 10?

After warp 10, you go into Transwarp. Traveling at warp 10 is possible, and was done by Tom Paris in a shuttle with a rare form of dilithium. The "problem" is that travel at warp 10 leads hyper-evolution, and backwards time travel.

How fast can a human go without dying?

Most of us can withstand up to 4-6G. Fighter pilots can manage up to about 9G for a second or two. But sustained G-forces of even 6G would be fatal. Astronauts endure around 3G on lift-off, one G of which is Earth's own pull.

How fast is Transwarp?

Even considering the fastest "transwarp" (or "beyond warp") speed achieved by the Enterprise, which is about 8,323 times light speed, according to "Star Trek: The Next Generation — Technical Manual," a transgalactic voyage would take 24 years.

How long would it take to get to Alpha Centauri at warp speed?

Moving at Voyager's speed, it would take 700 *centuries* for a mission to reach Alpha Centauri. With speeds like that, we stand to become the first generation to know life is out there, and to not be able to know much more than that.

How many light years is a Vulcan?

While Vulcan is fictional, the star system it belongs to–40 Eridani–is very real. It's located only 16.5 light-years away from Earth and its primary star can be spotted with the naked eye.

How long is a day on Vulcan?

And it is pssible, though unlikely, that the two planets would be close enough that their orbital period, and thus the day of Vulcan, would be about one to two Earth days long.

How long does a Vulcan live?

Vulcans are typically depicted as stronger, faster, and longer-lived than humans. There are instances of them living over 220 years. Having evolved on a desert world, Vulcans can survive without water for longer periods than humans. Vulcans can also go without sleep for as long as two weeks.

How far is Bajor from Earth?

Bajor is 52 light-years from Earth.

How fast is the spore drive?

This spore drive seems to indicate that it is the fastest available ever. In Enterprise, the titular ship Enterprise NX-01 could go at a maximum warp speed of 5.06. In The Original Series, set after the Discovery timeline, USS Enterprise NCC-1701, could run at a maximum speed of warp 8.

Is hyperspace possible?

While hyperspace is not a current form of space travel, there is ongoing research to determine how viable it is — and what the experience would be like. In 2013, a group of physics students corrected the view of what happens when spaceships fly at the speed of light.

How long would it take to get to Mars at warp 2?

Mars is 200 million miles from Earth at it's farthest, 36 million at it's closest. So at Warp 2 they could arrive at Mars at it's closest from Earth in 24 seconds.

What speed is warp 8?

The crew of the Enterprise measures velocity in warp factors. Warp factor 8 equals the cube of 8 (8 times 8 times 8), or 512 times light speed. Even this velocity is too slow to allow starships to travel as quickly as they appear to on TV.