What is Warp drive?
'''Warp drive''' (also called '''warp technology''') is a [[Hypothesis|hypothetical]] [[technology]] created in [[science fiction]].<ref>Campbell, John W. ''Islands of Space''. Fantasy Press 1957. The book introduced the ideas of warp drive and hyperspace.</ref> As far as we know, it does nor exist. Its invention allowed writing books and making television and film media.<ref>J. Gardiner 2008. Warp Drive: from imagination to reality. ''Journal of the British Interplanetary Society'', '''61''', p353-357 (2008).</ref> If it takes centuries or thousands of years to get anywhere in space, then the limitations of human life becomes an obstacle. That's even assuming we could travel without humans being riddled with holes by [[radiation]] of various kinds. We are so protected on planet Earth that we forget what it's like in deep space, which is flooded with radiation. So warp drive is invented, and so is its cousin [[Wormhole|wormholes]] in space. ''There are no wormholes'', or if they exist, we don't know it. Warp drive and wormholes are the inventions of smart guys who make media. It is a way of moving objects faster than the [[speed of light]]. There are many examples of how this idea is used. A well-known one is found in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Fictional universe|universe]], where faster-than-light travel is needed to tell the story. Current technology does not allow anything or anyone to go at, or faster than, the speed of light. Unless the current [[theory|theories]] are proven wrong, this will always be true. However, warp technology as a fictional idea has been an interesting way of shaping the story line to let [[spacecraft|spaceships]] move at speeds greater than 186,000 [[mile]]s per [[second]] ([[speed of light]] through a vacuum: the known limit of speed in the [[universe]]). Warp technology, as the name implies, 'warps space' in effect bringing a destination closer by bending space rather than the traditional 'thruster' means of propelling a spacecraft at high speeds. Warp technology allows ships