• Question: whats a Warp Drive

    Asked by Poppy_Quin to Scott on 9 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by millieee.
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      Scott Lawrie answered on 9 Mar 2016:

      Hi Rainbowpoppy.

      Have you ever seen Star Trek? There have been LOADS of Star Trek films and TV shows. It’s a sci-fi program about people exploring the universe. To get to different stars would take a VERY long time with rocket ships we have today, so in sci-fi they often cheat by going faster than the speed of light (nature’s ‘speed limit’!). Star Trek’s way of going faster than light is to use a ‘Warp Drive’. It’s like the motor engine in your car, but much cleverer. No-one has invented a Warp Drive yet – it only exists in TV and movies. I’d love to invent one for real, though!

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