stasisdrives

Stasis drives are propulsion concepts, usually depicted in science fiction, that enable rapid travel by placing a vessel in a controlled stasis state relative to external time or spacetime.

Conceptual variants include temporal stasis, spatial stasis, and spacetime manipulation. Temporal stasis lets the ship experience little external time; spatial stasis decouples the vessel from local space; warp- or wormhole-like variants bridge start and destination via a spacetime conduit. All demand exotic energy or materials beyond conventional physics.

Operational considerations include enormous energy requirements, field stability, and risk of collapse, plus health effects on crew, navigation precision, and potential causality constraints.

Scientific status: there is no experimental evidence for a practical stasis drive; the concept remains speculative and is mainly used as a thought experiment or fictional device to explore spacetime limits.

In popular culture, stasis drives appear as plot devices enabling long-distance travel or time-critical missions.