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Alcubierre Metrics
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The Alcubierre Metrics, first formally presented in 1994 by Mexican theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre (physicist), describe a hypothetical mechanism for faster-than-light (FTL) travel by warping the spacetime continuum surrounding a craft. Unlike traditional relativistic motion, which dictates that no object with real mass can reach the speed of light ($c$) within local spacetime, the Alcubierre concept circumvents this limitation by maintaining the vessel wit…