Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 09:25:43 -0600

From: Elizabeth Gregory WPODOM1.AGCOM.egregory[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WPO-SMTP-GATE.TAMU.EDU

Subject: Re: warp speed? -Reply



I agree that the source seems to be _Star Trek_, in which the term

"warp" is used to describe traveling at the speed of light--for

example, traveling at Warp Factor 3 would be three times the speed of

light (parallel to the use of "mach" in aviation to refer to flying at

the speed of sound). Incidentally, if you're not moving at warp speed,

your speed is described as "space normal."



Elizabeth Gregory

Assistant Professor and

Extension Commmunications Specialist

Department of Agricultural Communications

Texas A&M University