I've seen this sort of thing before, about shifting an area of spacetime containing a spacecraft rather than the vehicle itself. As I recall, one of the minor drawbacks mentioned at the time was the immense power requirements, something like a single burst of energy greater than all the energy generated in human history. Apparently, such a release of energy would likely vaporise the Earth and probably the Sun as well.
I suspect - and hope - that all these stumbling blocks are overcome, within my lifetime for preference.
I suspect - and hope - that all these stumbling blocks are overcome, within my lifetime for preference.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
