G force at warp speed?

Question

There is a "warp" theory created by Miguel Alcubierre Moya,if it is proven true,we will some day be able to travel faster than light,but what would be the g force that a human would have to withstand? i mean,there was a guy who survived more than 46g,and he got temporally blind,because the blood vassels in his eyes popped.

Answer 1

Well, depends on how fast we reach warp speed....



Once you're *at* warp speed, there's no more acceleration, so... you're weightless. So it would depend on how fast you speed up.

Answer 2

There would be no g-forces so long as the expansion of space with dark energy countered the contraction of space in front of the warp bubble. Indeed the warp bubble would be a pocket of space completely isolated from the rest of the Universe.



However there are many problems with the Alcubierre drive, the original calculations required the energy equivalent of the mass of Jupiter, the warp field can not be established or stopped from within the warp bubble which also means the mechanisms could not travel with the ship ( imagine having to leave the engine of your car behind ), stopping the warp drive releases gamma rays proportional to the distance traveled ( you could vaporize the star system you are visiting ), and quantum effects on the event horizon makes the warp field unstable at faster than light speeds.



As it currently stands, it will likely be just a laboratory curiosity if at all possible.

Answer 3

G force occurs ONLY during acceleration and deceleration. If you were to travel at a CONSTANT, non-accelerating speed (ANY speed) then the would be NO G-forces. For example, A jet fighter in a tight turn can do 9-11 G's at 200 MPH. But the International Space Station, traveling at a constant 17.500 MPH, has NO G's, and objects are weightless



SO . . . G-forces can be controlled by how fast you accelerate towards warp speed, and how slow you decelerate from warp speed. You COULD accelerate at ONE G, but it would take you MUCH MUCH longer to get up to warp speed.



a sudden JUMP to warp speed MIGHT mean a very high G-force, a force which Star Trek deals with by inventing "Inertial Dampers" which override the inertia that causes the G-force during acceleration or deceleration.



But consider this: The whole idea of Warp Speed is NOT to move faster, but to move a shorter distance. A "Warp Drive" actually "warps space" in front of it, such that the path to the destination is SHORTER than it is in unwarped space. With "warp drive" NOTHING actually even comes close to the speed of light! Space is "warped", you travel across the warp at very much sub-light speed, then release the warp behind you.



Consider it this way: If you could "warp space" enough that the surface of Mars was just across the street, you could WALK TO MARS in 10 minutes, then release the warp. It would APPEAR that you traveled 20 million miles in 10 minutes, but you NEVER exceeded about 4 MPH, with a ridiculously low G-force of, like, 0.003 Gs



Warp drive is NOT about speed!

Answer 4

It's the acceleration that gets measured at 46g, not the speed. Theoretically (newtonian physics), a steady acceleration of 1 gravity could get you to any speed you want, with very little effect on the body. While Relativity restricts speed to the speed of light, the same basic principles apply.



And the theoretical construct Moya uses has its drawbacks -- where would one get that kind of 'exotic' material to make a bubble of 'flat space' inside normal 'curved space' (if I remember the juxtaposition rightly)? So, his model is sound, theoretically, but not likely to be practical.

Answer 5

No, the whole point of the warp drive is that it "bends" the space-time. The spaceship just stays inside the warp bubble.



Of course this is purely speculative technology that may or may not become reslity one day.