Real Life ‘Warp Drive’ In The Works, Possibly Already Built By NASA?

You know the ever-cool warp drive that we see in Star Trek? Well, that, my friends, could soon be a reality!

The announcement was supposed to wait until December, but plans have leaked onto the danged ole innernets for a "Measurement of Impulsive Thrust from a Closed Radio Frequency Cavity in Vacuum" or "EmDrive space propulsion" for short. That loosely translates into "Super Awesome Childhood-Becomes-Reality Warp Speed Hyper Drive."

This thing is far beyond anything we know right now. From the NY Post:

When talking to the International Business Times about his invention previously, he said: “This technology is a quantum leap – it would enable vertical take-off and landing for airplanes, it’s quiet and it uses liquid hydrogen as a fuel, so it’s green too.
“We will go to Mars, but the most important thing is what EmDrive will do for the rest of the world. It will be solar power stations, city-to-city long-haul flights using hydrogen. It’s green and convenient and will change our world in the next few decades.”
But his critics say it is, in the words of Star Trek’s Spock, “highly illogical” as in order for a thruster to work something must be pushed out the back to comply with physics’ laws.
But Mr. Shawyer says that within his thruster electricity is converted into microwaves. These microwaves then push against the side of the conical device to move it without the need to expel anything in the opposite direction.
As well as revolutionizing space and air travel he reckons the technology could solve the energy crisis and help slowdown climate change.

There's a chance that NASA has already built the damn thing! So, we'll be able to go all Star Trek here pretty soon, right? The future is NOW!