Wow. The close one is only 28 light years away.
If we can accelerate a ship to 100 times out current space-ship top speed, and maintain than as-yet unimaginable speed through light year after light year of lethal friction from dust, and then decelerate back down to 0 again upon arrival, the whole trip (one way) will only take about 8,000 years, which is merely the time its taken us to go from hunter-gatherer to twitter.
It’s a piece of cake.
I think a huge telescope just might be the most practical means of exploring these systems. :)
“...the whole trip (one way) will only take about 8,000 years...”
And when they arrive they will be greeted by the Chinese - who solved the FTL problem 7,900 years prior.
To get rid of the space dust and gas just turn on the deflector.