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Friday, April 12, 2013

Krasnikov Device

A Krasnikov* Tube is a speculative mechanism for space travel involving the warping of spacetime into permanent superluminal tunnels. I imagine something akin to our own subway system where you wait for your 'train' which travels via these superluminal tunnels, from one far away place to another.

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*Serguei Vladilenovich Krasnikov is a Russian physicist known for his contributions in theoretical physics



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  1. Alex J. Cavanaugh12/4/13 7:15 AM

    If one could just get me to work faster, I'd be happy.

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    1. mshatch12/4/13 1:47 PM

      Near instantaneous travel would certainly be a boon.

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  2. shelly12/4/13 7:35 AM

    That is cool.

    Hugs and chocolate,
    Shelly

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  3. DEZMOND12/4/13 9:09 AM

    I use this device every day!

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  4. M.J. Fifield12/4/13 9:29 AM

    As someone prone to motion sickness, it sounds like something I should probably avoid.

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  5. Lynn Proctor12/4/13 9:34 AM

    now, i might just want to try this one :)

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  6. Robin12/4/13 10:39 AM

    I wish I had a Krasnikov devise. My family is spread all over the country. Great picture.

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  7. Michael Di Gesu12/4/13 12:00 PM

    This is so cool... I would love to hop on a train and travel to different worlds!

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  8. Michael Offutt, Phantom Reader12/4/13 12:28 PM

    boy you are breaking out the vocab words today!

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  9. Jennifer Wells12/4/13 12:39 PM

    Physics isn't one of my strong suits, but I am fascinated by theoretical physics! How amazing would it be if the Krasnikov tube went from speculation to actuality!

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    1. mshatch12/4/13 2:08 PM

      Oh, believe me, physics isn't my strong suit either - I barely passed my science courses, even when I studied my ass off! But, like you, this kind of stuff really fascinates me.

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  10. Mina Burrows12/4/13 1:31 PM

    Now that is cool! Instead of subways they could be spaceways.

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  11. LD Masterson12/4/13 1:35 PM

    No advertisements? No graffiti?

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    1. mshatch12/4/13 2:12 PM

      That particular subway is in Europe. Americans are slobs - and I say this as one.

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  12. Lexie Rising12/4/13 3:39 PM

    Sounds better even than a wormhole. Very intriguing for K! :)

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  13. Golden Eagle12/4/13 3:45 PM

    That would be awesome. Though I assume the vehicle in the tunnel would slow down--otherwise how would you get onto something moving faster than the speed of light?

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  14. DL Hammons12/4/13 7:34 PM

    Wasn't that in the Matrix? :)

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  15. Liz A.12/4/13 7:49 PM

    I want one!

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  16. Heather M. Gardner12/4/13 11:06 PM

    We were promised all this great stuff when I was a kid.

    What happened to hover cars and ovens of the future?

    Heather

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    1. mshatch13/4/13 10:46 AM

      Sometimes things take longer than people think they will.

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  17. Susan Flett Swiderski12/4/13 11:27 PM

    I just read through a bunch of your A-Z posts, but I'm too lazy to comment on all of them. This is reeeeeally a cool theme.

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  18. Unknown13/4/13 12:37 AM

    The fact the guy's an actual physicist and the pic looks real had me questioning whether it was a real device! (It's late, and I'm sleepy. Don't judge.) :-)

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    1. mshatch13/4/13 10:48 AM

      We need wormhole technology before we can have a Krasnikov tube and it's going to be a while before we have that, I think.

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