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The IXS Enterprise is a conceptual superluminal spacecraft designed by NASA scientist Dr. Harold G. White, revealed at SpaceVision 2013, designed for the goal of achieving warp travel. The conceptual spacecraft would be a modified version of the Alcubierre drive. Dr. White is currently running the White–Juday warp-field interferometer experiment in order to develop a proof of concept for Alcubierre-style warp travel, if possible. While the concept had been out since 2013 the design of "IXS Enterprise" was popularized in June 2014 after a series of media outlets reported on the conceptual artwork done by Dutch artist Mark Rademaker in collaboration with NASA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first1=Abby )〕 According to Mark Rademaker, over 1,600 hours have been spent on the conceptual artwork that he created.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first1=Chaka )〕 The energy required to power the warp drive, according to White,〔(【引用サイトリンク】first1=Matt )〕 is approximately the negative (negative energy is required for the Alcubierre drive concept to function) mass–energy equivalence of Voyager 1, which has a mass of approximately 700 kilograms. Using E=mc2, −700 kilograms of mass is equivalent to ~−63 exajoules of energy (this number is not definitive and can be further reduced). The ship has two thick outer rings (to reduce required energy) that generate the warp field—a contraction of space ahead, and expansion of space behind it. The space inside the rings is optimized to fit more space for cargo, crew and equipment. == See also == * White–Juday warp-field interferometer * Warp-field experiments * NASA * Faster-than-light * Alcubierre drive * Icarus Interstellar * 100YSS * Quantum vacuum plasma thruster (another technology that White and his team are working on) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「IXS Enterprise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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