Most of space is empty, analysis of the path beforehand and a structure that can withstand the smaller objects is really all that's necessary. But those are just as theoretical as this engine.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Problem is that asteroids are very hard to see, as they are both cold and dark, meaning they don't stand out against space very much at all. And even a micrometeoroid poses a risk even when traveling at low velocities (e.g. someone orbiting earth, the meteoroid itself has a relatively high velocity). Getting hit by a 1cm meteoroid at warp 1 would be devastating.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not an issue if you aren't actually traversing the whole space but rather bending space to get you where you want to go.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Well, I'll be long dead before we get a Farnsworth drive running off dark matter.

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