Beam me up Scotty...

[hdolan]

""I still believe in e=mc², but I can't believe that in all of human history, we'll never ever be able to go beyond the speed of light to reach where we want to go," said Clark. "I happen to believe that mankind can do it. "

Gary Melnick, a senior astrophysicist...said Clark's faith in the possibility of faster-than-light, or FTL, travel was "probably based more on his imagination than on physics."

"Even if Clark becomes president, I doubt it would be within his powers to repeal the powers of physics," said Melnick, whose research has focused on interstellar clouds and the formation of stars and planets. "

[KnockOff]

Well, don't forget California had a few years with Governor Moonbeam at the helm.

Jerry Brown refused to live in the governor's mansion, slept on the floor of his apartment, and drove a stripped down Plymouth post sedan to work instead of the state limo at his disposal.

Far left and far out, maaaaaan!

[Truth Detector]

I don't remember the formula for the speed of light but I do remember that if you break it down you would see that it is impossible for matter to go faster than the speed of light.

[Turn13]

Unless, as postulated in A Brief History of Time, you develop a wormhole connected at two remote parts of the universe, and start shaking it violently...

Of course, there's also the note about building a generator capable of doing so... as Hawking notes, since it would need to be at least the size of our solar system, "current funding sources are probably inadequate", or words to that effect.

[StatMan]

FTL doesn't sound nearly as good as Warp.

[Jack Harrington]

Good call statman! I know from warped!

[hdolan]

"Good call statman! I know from warped!"

It would seem that the good general is also...fantasyland...

[sf-indy-fan]

And Reagan claimed that trees pollute...

[TxIndyFan]

Hey! Everyone knows that all you need is a FLux Capacitor and so many jigawatts of power while travelling 88 mph... wait, that's time travel.

Never mind.

[KevMcNJ]

Originally posted by TxIndyFan
Hey! Everyone knows that all you need is a FLux Capacitor and so many jigawatts of power while travelling 88 mph... wait, that's time travel.

Never mind.

What the He77 is a Giagawatt?

-Marty McFly 1985

[hdolan]

"And Reagan claimed that trees pollute..."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/01/010109223032.htm

My my...

[Truth Detector]

howard, you're on a roll.

[crispy]

But is a troll who is correct twice in the same thread still a troll...?

I suppose I can let it go since he posted in OT&T.

[hdolan]

"But is a troll who is correct twice in the same thread still a troll...?"

Have a hard time with facts huh...

[crispy]

Are you saying factual data can not be used as a troll?