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Dico S.F. – FTL

Bones — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 06:30:34 +0000

F.T.L. is the initialism for “Faster Than Light”, an adjective designating objects travelling at a higher speed that the one of light.

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Dico S.F. – Warp

Bones — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 06:08:27 +0000

The Warp (distortion, deformation of space-time) propulsion is an hypothetical (but under study) technology allowing hyper-luminous travels.

In fact, the spaceship is moving less quickly than light, but in a deformed space-time where the distance to travel is shorter than … Lire la suite...

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Dico S.F. – Hyper-luminous

Bones — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 05:50:56 +0000

Hyper-luminous, supra-luminous or super-luminal, are adjective qualifying every object travelling faster than light.

Matching words: Ansible, FTL, Hyperspace, Tachyon, Warp… Lire la suite...

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Dico S.F. – Hyperspace

Bones — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 05:42:19 +0000

The hyperspace is a notion invented by science fiction authors to free themselves from the limit of the light speed in our universe, which makes the space travels (especially interstellar) very very long.

So the hyperspace is a “parallel space” … Lire la suite...

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Dico S.F. – Ansible

Bones — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 18:07:45 +0000

The word Ansible designate an hyper-luminous (even almost instantaneous) communication device.

Originally imagined by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1966 in Rocannon’s World, the concept was largely used by Orson Scott Card in the Ender series^[1]Ender’s Game… Lire la suite...

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