# How DARPA, Star Trek, and UFOs Inspired This Engineer to Unravel the Secrets to Warp Drive Propulsion

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/how-darpa-star-trek-and-ufos-inspired-this-engineer-to-unravel-the-secrets-to-warp-drive-propulsion/
- Published: 2023-02-08T09:45:55-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image: The Debrief / Wikimedia Commons. Article by Christopher Plain. The Debrief – February 1, 2023. Warp drive propulsion, the hypothetical means by which advanced spacecraft of the future may one day explore the universe by way of superluminal travel, has its origins as a concept in science fiction. Best known for its appearances in the famed 1960s TV series Star Trek, it wasn’t until 1994, when a Mexican mathematician named Miguel Alcubierre laid out the mathematics of warp theory, that some scientists–and at least one engineer–began to take the concept seriously. […] Click here to view original web page at thedebrief.org