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[โ€“] peterj74@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It's not faster than light speed. So not so sci-fi. But yes, with the current tehnology is not possible to make. BUT the theory checks out. Maybe in 50 years.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago

More than that. Gravity is weak; gravity-based technologies inevitably need insane amounts of material to work. This particular metric also involves shedding mass, y'know, like a rocket would have anyway.

Wasn't this story posted already here? I don't want to rehash if I don't have to.