[Windflier]

This reads like a hoax-article.

I would think that someone called 'Star Traveler' would be more up on this stuff.

This story's been around a while now. I assure you, these folks are serious about what they're doing.

[Dead Corpse]

Yep.

io9 has a lot of speculative stuff on it, but generally a solid read.

[FredZarguna]

They’re serious about doing basic research, while pretending it has practical applicability in order to get gullible people (in the government — but I repeat myself) to fund it.