R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:🧉 on Nostr: #TIL that #StarTrek warp scales used pretty simple formulas: c=wf^3 for TOS (e.g. ...
#TIL that #StarTrek warp scales used pretty simple formulas:
c=wf^3 for TOS (e.g. warp 4 = 4^3 the speed of light
c=wf^(3 1/3) for TNG for warp factors 1-9 (but not beyond 9)
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