Hyperdrive speed compared to Speed of Light

[PaladinX]

This is a science fiction show.. They have a couple of ways to travel in this "tv show". One is through space and fast speeds but below the speed of light. This is sub light travel.. typical travel that we do today.. Travel through space with advanced engines. The second type of travel is going through worm holes and entering hyper/sub space. All this is another realm or dimension you can travel through to get to your destination faster. No one goes into an explanation of how or why it works. Its another dimension where either points are closer together, or they are able to travel much faster without breaking the laws of physics or perhaps both simply do to the inherit properties of sub/hyper space that is never fully explained. They don't need to be. Some sci fi make jumps that happen instantaneously like you are teleported to another space time. In this show they aren't just teleported but t hey are actually traveling through the dimension. Maybe someone who knows about theoretical physics could chime in.

[The Flyattractor]

My fav way of acheiving Hyperdrive is to blow up a sun and then Ride the Wave...not sure of the affects on ecology ....

[Hjarloprilllar]

Hyperdrive is predetermined by the time required for characters to shape it.

[Hjarloprilllar]

If you want science / general relativity and speed of light..
Ask Away.

But it wont fit in TV series

[Energizer_Vs_ZPM]

Gotta be honest, I'm still waiting for someone to define what subspace actually is.

Before we all get technical about hyperspace drives, FTL etc it would help if we actually knew exactly what subspace is, does it have its own stars, does time exist there, is there gravity etc.

[Durgia]

Gotta be honest, I'm still waiting for someone to define what subspace actually is.

Before we all get technical about hyperspace drives, FTL etc it would help if we actually knew exactly what subspace is, does it have its own stars, does time exist there, is there gravity etc.

It is not possible to define something that is never explained in the show without getting into fanfic area. Based on the show, subspace is a layer of space-time that is connected to ours, but that you can somehow either shorten the distances of travel or travel faster than light without breaking the laws of that dimension, it also ignores most physical objects in our dimension. It is impossible to say if gravity, time etc exist and interact in this dimension.

In the season 5 episode Fail Safe, we see a bit about how hyperdrive works when SG1 creates a hyperspace bubble around an asteroid so that it moves "through" Earth without a collision.

edit: search function brings up lots on speed, such as:

SGA: 3,000,000 lightyears with Asgard engine = 18 days.
SGA: 3,000,000 lightyears with ZPM boosting = 4 days.

http://forum.gateworld.net/threads/2...lus%2C+pegasus

http://forum.gateworld.net/threads/4...perspace+speed

there is also the great Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspace_%28fictional%29

[The Dude]

We disagree. There is nothing else to say.

You're doing it wrong, it's like this: