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Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/49798631
The Star Trek television series and films use the term “warp drive” to describe their method of faster-than-light travel. Neither the Alcubierre theory, nor anything similar, existed when the series was conceived—the term “warp drive” and general concept originated with John W. Campbell’s 1931 science fiction novel Islands of Space. Alcubierre stated in an email to William Shatner that his theory was directly inspired by the term used in the show and cites the “‘warp drive’ of science fiction” in his 1994 article. A USS Alcubierre appears in the Star Trek tabletop RPG Star Trek Adventures. Since the release of Star Trek: The Original Series, more recent Star Trek spin-off series have made closer use of the theory behind the Alcubierre Drive incorporating warp bubbles/fields into the in-universe science.
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Admittedly, this is less of a meme, and more just interesting.
Alcubierre warp drive is a proposed idea for a warp that doesn’t violate the laws of physics that took its inspiration from Star Trek. Because of this, Star Trek included nods to it in later works.
Seriously, baby
