star-drive
Spacecraft warp engine
A star-drive is a propulsion system capable of interstellar travel—moving spacecraft between star systems.
The term belongs to science fiction, where various imagined technologies (warp drives, hyperdrives, jump drives) serve this function: The ship's star-drive engaged, and the stars blurred into streaks.
Real physics offers no such mechanism yet.
Exceeding light speed
- warpBend from true form
- hyperdriveFictional superluminal propulsion
- interstellarBetween celestial bodies
- engineMachine producing motion
thrust · spacecraft · starship · propulsion · sublight · antimatter · fusion · ion
Speculative technology-based literature
- worldbuildingConstructing imaginary universes for fiction
- technobabbleFake scientific-sounding nonsense
- unobtaniumFictional ideal substance
- speculativeBased on conjecture
Asimov · hyperspace · wormhole · colonization · exploration · galaxy · frontier · fleet
Based on hypothesis, untested
- conceptAbstract mental construct
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
physics · containment · shielding · navigation · computer · systems · malfunction · retrofit
FTL
Exceeding light speed
- warpBend from true form
- hyperdriveFictional superluminal propulsion
- interstellarBetween celestial bodies
engine · thrust · spacecraft · starship · propulsion · sublight · antimatter · fusion · ion · reactor
science-fiction
Speculative technology-based literature
- worldbuildingConstructing imaginary universes for fiction
- technobabbleFake scientific-sounding nonsense
- unobtaniumFictional ideal substance
speculative · Asimov · hyperspace · wormhole · colonization · exploration · galaxy · frontier · fleet · armada
theoretical
Based on hypothesis, untested
- conceptAbstract mental construct
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
schematic · physics · containment · shielding · navigation · computer · systems · malfunction · retrofit · upgrade
star-drivechemical rocket
Thrust via burning propellants
ion thruster · jet engine · internal combustion engine · solar sail · rocket propulsion
star-driveanchor
Secures ships to seabed
immobility · stasis · mooring · groundedness · space station
star-drivechemical rocket
Thrust via burning propellants
rocket engine · combustion engine · jet propulsion · steam engine · internal combustion
star, drive, stars, starred, starring, starry, starlight, stardom, starlet