Hi there.
Firstly, I would like to say that I am a newly registered member to this site and after some information from people who know a great deal more of physics/ Astronomy & cosmology than I do, even though i have done a fair bit of research.
My name is Robinson, and I'm a writer. I am currently writing my first book and, after much research, have gathered information, theories and came up with a possible way for Faster than Light or Interstellar travel. Whichever you prefer.
Let me explain:
I've looked into many ways space travel over large distance can be possible, and, the most reasonable I've looked at is known as the Alcubierre Drive named after Mexican, theoretical physicist Miquel Alcubierre Moya. In 1994 Moya published a paper called "The Warp drive: Hyper-faster travel within general reality". His paper describes the Alcubierre drive; a theoretical means of travelling faster than light while not violating the physical principle "Nothing can locally travel faster than light".
Basically what I want to know is if this idea would be possible, (I'm just trying to be as accurate and make it sound as believable as possible):
A faster-Than-Light or Alcubierre Drive functions by causing ruptures behind and in front of the space craft. These ruptures are in the form or either microscopic Black-Holes or microscopic White Holes depending on the situation (explained later). The purpose of these Black and white holes is to expand and shrink space in front and behind at different times, effectively creating a bubble around the craft which allows it to travel faster than light. This allows a space-craft to enter; travel' and then exit "Sip-space"/"Jump-space".
The microscopic Black and White holes are created by the FTL/Alcubierre Drive which utilizes a high-powered cyclic particle generator/accelerator to constantly create the Black and White holes as they would dissipate in a short amount of time due to their size. This creates a "bubble" around the ship, allowing it to travel at FTL speed due to the expansion of space behind the ship and the shrinkage of space in front of it. For the ship to no longer travel at faster than light speed the opposite occurs; the shrinkage of space changes and happens at the back of the ship while the expansion of space occurs at the front of the ship.
I am aware that collisions could occur with even the smallest particle during travel and that an extremely large amount of energy would be required to travel at FTL speeds. However, as this is a book, these things can be invented if it is necessary and they do not already exist. For example some sort of shield technology will have to be present to stop outside interference on the ship while systems for keeping the crew, systems and parts of the ship of the inside safe from harm once exiting and also entering "Slip-space"/"Jump-space".
Also note the current method for mounting an FTL Drive for large ships is for the drive to be mounted inside the ship itself, while a smaller ship would have a removable, external component such as an FTL/Alcubierre Drive sled/bed which can be externally mounted and demounted while in space, orbit or while on a planet.
Also factors for a ships travel time would need to be considered, such as, but not limited to:
- Destination of Origin
- Destination of Travel
- Desired Route of travel
- Ships Entry Speed
- The Ships Size
- Condition of the Ship (Damage wise)
- Condition of the ship (systems, Hull and components wise)
- Condition of the FTL/Alcubierre Drive
- Ships Distance from a gravitational force upon entry into "Slip-space"/"Jump-space"
- On-board or Outboard FTL/Alcubierre Drive
Any advice, alternate ideas and other factors to be considered would be extremely helpful as this is research and I'd like to get as many views as possible.
Kind regards,
Robinson