A Possible Design of a "Warp Drive" Might Involve

question 16

Multiple Choice

A possible design of a "warp drive" might involve

• A) generating a shortcut between two distant parts of the universe through a black hole
• B) placing a movable massive object like a black hole in front of a spacecraft and using its gravity to shorten the spatial distances in front of the rocket
• C) using the annihilation of matter and antimatter to accelerate a spacecraft close to the speed of light
• D) generating a shortcut between two distant parts of the universe through hyperspace

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