The laws of relativity tell us that an object cannot exceed the speed of light. This is because as an object's speed approaches the speed of light, the mass of said object approaches infinity, thus exceeding the speed of light means exceeding infinite mass and consequently, infinite energy. But there is a loophole around this law which I will introduce to you here. Relativity dictates that an object's mass will be multiplied by a constant proportional to its velocity's ratio to the speed of light in a vacuum. So what about empty space? Will an object with zero mass still approach infinite mass as its velocity approaches the speed of light? The answer is no. Space has no mass; therefore, it can move as fast as it wants to. This is the loophole we have been looking for all this time. So now that we have our ticket, let's find our train. How can we take advantage of this phenomena? A vehicle, of course. If we construct a ship that can generate a warp bubble that contracts the space in front of it and expands the space behind it, the ship will move faster than the speed of light relative to an outside observer, but it will not be moving faster than the speed of light relative to an observer inside the ship. This is because space itself is moving around the ship while the ship itself may or may not be propelled. This simple solution allows objects to travel much, much faster than the speed of light without breaking the laws of general relativity. There is one slight problem, however. Due to the nature of space and time, an object which causes space to "bend" is an object that has mass, or, equivalently, energy. The Earth "bends" space around it, causing time to move slower on the planet and spacial torsion about the planet (see Gravity Probe B Experiment). The problem here is that we need space to bend both inward and outward. Thus, we need positive energy and negative energy. We do not yet know how to produce this negative energy, or exotic matter. This is a problem for the next generation of physicists. When we solve this problem though, the implications are immense. We will no longer be confined to a single planet. We will be free to explore the galaxy in any manner we like. The philosophical and scientific discoveries that will inevitably stem from this are astounding, and this is why the warp field problem is one of the leading problems of physics today.