Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!dartvax!raiche From: raiche@dartvax.UUCP (George A. Raiche) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: What's a warp? Message-ID: <2501@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 00:12:45 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.2501 Posted: Mon Oct 22 00:12:45 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Oct-84 05:59:24 EDT References: <221@wjvax.UUCP> Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 23 > 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. > -- > > "Trivia is important." Ron Christian > (syntax bug) Watkins-Johnson Co. > San Jose, Calif. > (...ios!wjvax!ron) 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