I'm one that strongly expects even near light speed travel, much less warp drive, will never ever be possible much like other scifi favorites like time travel, being beamed around ala Star Trek Scotty, or anything that amounts to actions without forces aka magic. And that also follows to my more logic limited religious ideas. Beside the below, if any normal matter of some spaceship traveling even a fraction of near light speed collided with even tiny particles of normal matter, the result would be explosively catastrophic. So fellow Earth Monkeys...we are stuck here.
Google AI Summary:
Near light speed travel is considered impossible due to several fundamental physical limitations.
Relativistic Mass Increase
As an object approaches the speed of light, its relativistic mass increases, requiring exponentially more energy to continue accelerating. According to Einstein's theory of relativity, the energy required to reach the speed of light becomes infinite, making it practically unattainable.
Time Dilation
At speeds close to light, time dilation occurs, meaning time for the traveler slows down relative to stationary observers. This effect complicates long-distance travel, as the traveler would age much slower than those remaining at rest.
Energy Requirements
The energy needed to accelerate an object to near light speed is immense. Current technology cannot provide the necessary energy output, and even theoretical propulsion systems face significant challenges in harnessing such energy efficiently.
Causality Issues
Traveling at or near light speed raises potential causality problems, where the sequence of events could be altered, leading to paradoxes. This challenges our understanding of physics and the universe's structure.
