The hope that such a breakthrough might lead to effectively FTL travel is quite dashed by the lack of astrophysical observations that would hint at anything happening superluminally, even though the energies that are achieved in many observed natural phenomena are very much higher than anything we can hope to reach in lab experiments.
Actually, not that much higher. The Oh-My-God particle had a center-of-mass collision energy of 750 TeV, roughly 60 times that of LHC. I seriously doubt it’s a good idea to probe into energy ranges outside of naturally occurring events considering the potential benefits and existential risks.
Actually, not that much higher. The Oh-My-God particle had a center-of-mass collision energy of 750 TeV, roughly 60 times that of LHC. I seriously doubt it’s a good idea to probe into energy ranges outside of naturally occurring events considering the potential benefits and existential risks.