Alcubierre
Proper noun
Meaning
Alcubierre
A surname from Spanish.
Examples
Alcubierre has expressed skepticism about the experiment, saying "from my understanding there is no way it can be done, probably not for centuries if at all".
“A propulsion mechanism based on such a local distortion of spacetime just begs to be given the familiar name of the ‘warp drive’ of science fiction,” Alcubierre wrote in his original paper.
Another possible issue is that, although the Alcubierre metric is consistent with Einstein's equations, general relativity does not incorporate quantum mechanics.
But in this case, the Alcubierre drive vessel can only travel routes that, like a railroad, have first been equipped with the necessary infrastructure.
By January 1937 he was at Alcubierre convert above sea level, in the depth of winter.
Coule further argues that an analogous objection will apply to any proposed method of constructing an Alcubierre drive.