space warp?

Question

if space can be warped by gravity. then wouldn't you be able to base a warp engine on some kind of massive pseudo gravity generator? like some useless star that we implode and use it to travel vast distances. of course we have to get to the first one first, but after that its all gravy. and maybe we can develop the technology in route scince we'll have a few lifetimes to get there anyway.

Answer 1

gravity is a weak force
for having an remarkable effect on something you need to use tremendous energies to cause it

the idea of modifying a star is basically not bad, but you would even need energy to modify it.
and get there first

naa its not possible.
first we don't have gravity generators (call them pseudo or not) and we are not even able to build a spaceship large enough and 'survivable' enough for interstellar travel.
the blame goes to our inability to bring up something into orbit, if its heavier than some metric tons, and to our inability to build effective shileding from cosmic radiation.
So a spaceship with current technology may make it to the heliopause, but then everybody onboard is dead cause of radiation.

Answer 2

Warping means a distortion due to some type of power which compresses it.
As far as space is concerned it constricts a mass into a shape and hold it under pressure.The most efficient way that space can hold a mass together is a spherical shape. The density(warping) of space depends on the amount of mass space is holding together.
When a phenomena of space occurs which is constricting a mass into a shape, it is called" Gravity".So Gravity is a space process.
WE cannot make a Space Gravity Generator, because gravity has already come into existance ,it does not have to be created again.

Answer 3

he terms time warp, space warp and time-space warp are commonly used in science fiction. They sometimes refer to Einstein's theory that time and space form a continuum which bends, folds or warps from the observer's point of view, relative to such factors as movement or gravitation, but are also used in reference to more fantastic notions of discontinuities or other irregularities in spacetime not based on real-world science.

Specifically, a "time-space warp" frequently refers to a perceived discontinuity in time, either a fictional phenomenon that allows one to travel backward or forward in time, or an area of space that appears to travel through time at a different rate from the rest of the universe -- to be "trapped in a time warp" frequently means to exhibit characteristics of an earlier era.

Recently, mathematical developments in superstring theory have shown that disruptions and warps in the shape of Calabi-Yau space dimensions can occur. These changes are "non-topographical", meaning during its phase change a pinch or tear in the dimension itself--and subsequently the fabric of spacetime--must occur. This virtually proves the existence of "wormholes", an idea speculated by scientists and commonly seen in science fiction. Following this discovery, physicists have begun speculating that these pinches may warp time as well. The reason warps in spacetime have not yet been observed experimentally is probably due to the quantum "omnipresence" of string particles "cover up" the pinches and create a smearing of the effects of wrinkles in spacetime.

The concept of a tesseract, or four dimensional cube, is often used as an illustration of time travel, and might also give a clue to how a warp in time might occur. As the tesseract constantly moves, collapses in on itself and then expands again in a never ending loop, so does time move forward in a never ending line. If, however, an object or person was able to move from one line of this tesseract to another at any junction point, they would in essence be moving not with time, but in a strait line perpendicular to it. This movement has lead many science fiction authors to juxtapose the thought not of time travel, but off being able to stop time and then start it again.

Answer 4

The gravity bending effect is very small. If you imploded a star somehow (which you can't) then that wouldn't bend it. A supernova would, but bending it just gets you a black hole, which doesnt let you travel anywhere.