FUN FRIDAY: Warp Speed

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If you’re like me, you’re sitting back just waiting for the next season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The first season blew by faster than a warp 9 trip to Jupiter, because of all the necessary backstory and introduction. Things finally began to gel and then… boom they’re on a two-month hiatus. I guess they really can disappear and reappear somewhere else, while the rest of us have to wait two months for a resolution. Even an old-school starship can get from one end of explored space to the other in that time.

To help you count the hours until you find out what happens to the crew of the sweariest, nakediest, discoiest ship ever to be part of the Trek universe, here’s a little video that shows just what warp speeds mean, at least as closely as we can tell. It’s fair to say that there’s been some inconsistency on this over the years, but this is still a fun watch.

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