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Konrad Gaertner wrote:
> John Secker wrote:
>
>> But both are clearly, squarely inside the
>>Sci-Fi boundary. To reject Star Wars because it has psionics (which do
>>not violate any physical laws as we know them) but to allow Star Trek,
>>which has FTL travel (which does violate our physical laws) is crazy.
>
>
> Right. Star Wars doesn't include any of that mystic mumbo-jumbo like
> FTL, telekenesis, or ghosts.
Hyperspace isn't FTL travel. Hyperspace is a totally differant animal
than Warp Drives. The idea is that you move to another dimension that
is faster to travel in (for a variety of reasons) than moving around at
3x10^8.
Konrad Gaertner wrote:
> John Secker wrote:
>
>> But both are clearly, squarely inside the
>>Sci-Fi boundary. To reject Star Wars because it has psionics (which do
>>not violate any physical laws as we know them) but to allow Star Trek,
>>which has FTL travel (which does violate our physical laws) is crazy.
>
>
> Right. Star Wars doesn't include any of that mystic mumbo-jumbo like
> FTL, telekenesis, or ghosts.
Hyperspace isn't FTL travel. Hyperspace is a totally differant animal
than Warp Drives. The idea is that you move to another dimension that
is faster to travel in (for a variety of reasons) than moving around at
3x10^8.