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From: mnw@trwrba.UUCP (Michael N. Washington)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Re: What's a Warp
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Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 11:09:55 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 22 11:09:55 1984
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>According to "The Star Fleet Handbook", and possibly also "The Making of
>Star Trek", when you are going warp factor N you are traveling at N^2
>times the speed of light.  So, if you go at the maximum safe velocity
>(during the series) of warp 8 you are going 64*c.
>
>Actually, this doesn't sound right for interstellar distances.  Maybe
>I'm remembering wrong and it is N^3.  Then warp 8 would be 512*c.  This
>is still really insufficient for interstellar distances, but at least it
>sounds fast enough to satisfy many people.
-- 
>    Barry Margolin
>    ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics
>    UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar
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B. Margolin was partially right.  Warp speed is defined as N^3*c for the
velocity not N^2*c.  I have a copy of the Star Trek Concordance and the
first equation is the definition given.


"Live Long and Prosper!"

Michael N. Washington
TRW E&DS  Redondo Beach, Ca.  90278

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