Is Warp Speed Really Possible?

We all want to boldly go where no man has gone before, and for many, space travel is dependent on getting things like Warp Engines in Star Trek. Join us as we explore whether that's fantasy, or a reality.
8. What Really Is Warp Speed?
Set a course, Mr. Crusher...Warp 9!
Ok, we all know the phrases, and depending on which Star Trek series or movie you're watching you likely know the various numbers of Warp Drives. But for simplicity sake let's talk about the most used ones in the series, mainly, the Warp Drives that could deliver Warp 1-9. But, even though we KNOW that they can travel vast distances via the Warp Drive and going Warp 9, what exactly does it mean to go Warp? How fast are they really going?
Well, even at the most basic of Warp Factors, in this case Warp Factor 1, they're basically going faster than light, which is a feat that humanity honestly can't hope to accomplish at this point in time. Sure, we can create things and objects that move faster than light, but not in the way that it can power an entire spaceship without causing massive problems. You know, like
To give a more concrete factor, in an episode of Star Trek Enterprise it was stated that at Warp Factor 2 it would take the Enterprise 10 years to travel 130 light years. So, by doing basic math, that means that even at Warp Factor 2 they're going 13 times the speed of light. And there's 8 levels of Warp higher than that.
What's more, each Warp Factor does NOT follow a linear path. For example, in regards to Warp Factor 5, it's stated that it's basically 200 times the speed of light. No easy path takes us from 13 times to 200 times.
By the time you get to Warp 9, Mr. Crusher? That's about 840 times the speed of light given by references in Star Trek.
So as you can see, the people in Star Trek REALLY aren't playing around. They can go really fast, and that's why they're able to do so much in regards to the exploration of space. They can just get there a heck of a lot faster. Unlike...
7. Where Are We At Right Now, Exactly?
Sadly, when it comes to where we are right now as a space-faring (in potentia) race, we aren't even close to getting to where the Warp Drive is. Mainly because we just don't have the technology that is allowed to do the wondrous things that the ships in Star Trek. It's just not possible right now.
Now, before you start complaining about how "the future is a lie", you need to remember that Star Trek really is in the future. So much so That right now it's about 240+ years away (the original Star Trek is set in 2265). So technically, we do have time to figure everything out, it's just that when you look at where we are now, to where Star Trek is in 200 years, you can understand the skepticism that we'll make it that far. Especially when you consider the fact that right now...we're struggling just to get to another planet with people.
Now sure, we've done a lot with the technology we've got. We've sent probes like the Voyager into the solar system and gotten very far with them. We've set up telescopes that can look into the far reaches of space. We've been to the moon several times and are aiming to get back there. But in terms of traveling to other worlds? Yeah, we're really not advancing well on that front. Not that we're not trying! But rather...we're not succeeding as well as you might think.
6. Current Travels
You'd think that with all the computer technology and advancements in things like weapons and lasers that we'd make a ship that could easily take us to Mars, which is very much our goal right now in terms of space travel. But...it's not. Even with geniuses like Jeff Bezos (creator of Amazon) and Elon Musk (creator of Tesla) making their own private engines to push humanity to colonizing the red planet, it's not easy, or fast.
For example, the estimates of the craft that we know about in terms of their engines state that to get from Earth to Mars would be about 150-300 days. This is of coursed based on estimates about the distance between the planets at the point of launch, the maximum velocity of the ship, course alterations, etc.
So let's be generous and say that SpaceX (who at this point are the likeliest candidate to reach Mars first) is able to make a spaceship that is able to get to Mars in 150 days. That's 5 months to travel 54.6 million kilometers. And that's just one way, so getting a round trip out of the deal would take about 10-11 months give or take. That's not fast, and that's the real problem with space travel right now for the world. We're using things like fossil fuels to try and get us to the stars, and that's just not reliable. We need something better, and fast, we need the Warp Engines...

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