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From: raiche@dartvax.UUCP (George A. Raiche)
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Subject: Re: What's a warp?
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Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 00:12:45 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 22 00:12:45 1984
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> Heard somewhere that warp 1 is the speed of light.  From
> "star trek the motion sickness" this appears to be the case.
> So what's warp 2?  Certainly not merely 2 times lightspeed.
> Galactic distances would be too great.  Does anyone know the
> relationship between warp numbers and velocity?
> 
> Side note:  We're probably talking psudovelocity, as they
> never *actually* exceed the speed of light, but warp space
> so distances get smaller.
> -- 
> 
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The vessel's speed, v, is equal to the cube of the warp factor, w, i.e. v=w^3 .
Einstein would be having kittens...

				George Raiche
				Dept. of Chemistry
				Dartmouth