Originally Posted by PhilM
I have often wondered, not to do with warp drive, but, due to the lack of hydrocarbon fuel in the future, if one could get an aircraft up into the air, and then freeze its position in freespace (gyros maybe), then the earth would rotate normally, and the aircraft would thus appear to travel around the earth (although it has not moved in freespace)...just a thought!
Isn't this the essence of suborbital flight, Mercury program-style?