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Article #3451Re: wormholes
From: Dave Seaman
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 15:22
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 15:22
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In article <1993Jan4.214341.2329@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> f_markwort@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes: > > OK, we might as well get this over with. I imagine the net will be swim- > ming with wormhole questions after the new Star Trek episode. So, what > are they, are they real, can do travel in space-time using them, and more > importantly, can you survive to tell about it? Wormholes are not new to the Star Trek universe, having appeared in one of the motion pictures (the first one, I think). Wormholes are mathematically possible, but there is no particular evidence to suggest that they are anything more than that. A wormhole would indeed allow matter to be transported between fixed points in space-time. I suppose the chances of surviving such a trip are probably comparable to the chances of surviving after having your molecules disassembled and reassembled in a transporter beam. -- Dave Seaman ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu
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Newsgroups: sci.astro Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!malgudi.oar.net!caen!spool.mu.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!news From: ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman) Subject: Re: wormholes Message-ID: <C0E00p.2nI@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: news@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (USENET News) Organization: Purdue University References: <1993Jan4.214341.2329@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:22:00 GMT Lines: 22