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Might still be a bit early to pre-order your Cobra Mk 3...

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.. but they're working on a real-life warp-drive:
http://io9.com/5963263/how-nasa-will-bu ... warp-drive
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"My early results suggested I had discovered something that was in the math all along," he recalled. "I suddenly realized that if you made the thickness of the negative vacuum energy ring larger — like shifting from a belt shape to a donut shape — and oscillate the warp bubble, you can greatly reduce the energy required — perhaps making the idea plausible."
A doughnut shape – also known as a torus!
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A doughnut shape – also known as a torus!
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Did somebody mention Doughnuts? Mmmmmm :D
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<sniggers> Yep... doughnuts make the world go round!
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