32. Is the ship hyperspace-capable? Does the spaceship have hyper-speed? (A K2S Question)

From The Space Library

So far, hyperspace is a science fiction concept and not accessible to today's spacecraft. If by "hyper-speed" you mean warp speed, the term used in the TV series "Star Trek," the answer is no. In that series, warp factor one was the speed of light, which is about 186,000 miles per second. Today's spacecraft cannot go nearly that fast. But in the future, who knows? (Ref. 7)

7.White, S.E. and Roddenberry, Gene. The Making of Star Trek. Ballantine Books, New York, 1968.

Answer provided by Jon H. Brown

Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer