IXS Enterprise

IXS Enterprise is a conceptual

While the concept had been out since 2013 the design of IXS Enterprise was popularized in June 2014 after a series of media outlets reported on the conceptual artwork done by Dutch artist Mark Rademaker in collaboration with NASA.[1] According to Mark Rademaker, over 1,600 hours have been spent on the conceptual artwork that he created.^[2]

In 2012, NASA reported that it was experimenting with the concept of warp drive and the loop hole within Einstein's Theory of Relativity. By 2014, it was announced that designer Mark Rademaker had created a CGI representation of a new vessel that would achieve warp velocity. The vessel he designed was the IXS Enterprise, named after the famed ship of the

of energy (this number is not definitive and can be further reduced). The ship has two thick outer rings (to reduce required energy) that generate the warp field—a contraction of space ahead, and expansion of space behind it. The space inside the rings is optimized to fit more space for cargo, crew and equipment.

See also

• Breakthrough Starshot
• Interstellar probe
• Interstellar travel
• Project Icarus
• Project Longshot
• Quantum vacuum plasma thruster
  (related technology)
• 100 Year Starship
• Starship

References

1. ^ Phillip, Abby. "This is the amazing design for NASA's Star Trek-style space ship, the IXS Enterprise". The Washington Post.
2. ^ Phillips, Chaka. "Warp Speed Tests: NASA Advanced Propulsion Names Latest Model Enterprise After Star Trek".
3. ^ Peckham, Matt (19 September 2012). "NASA Actually Working on Faster-than-Light Warp Drive". Time.

External links

• IXS Enterprise (IXS-110), images by Mark Rademaker (on Flickr)
• Warp Field Physics (PDF)
• Video (58:59) - Faster-Than-Light - SpaceVision 2013 on
  YouTube
• Video (03:57) - NASA unveils IXS Enterprise on
  YouTube

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