It is of course completely refuted by Einstein. The speed of light is the same regardless of the reference frame. These guys are just fantasizing about what could be if Special Relativity weren't true.
Yeah except for you’re wrong...sort of. In fact, special relativity IS all about frames of reference, and INERTIAL frames of reference to boot. Meaning that in non-inertial frames of reference (i.e. accelerating) special relativity does not apply. However, there may or may not be some yet undiscovered principle that prevents a causal-paradox in general relativity and therefore completely prevents FTL travel. At this point, with what we know, it is possible...with enough energy that is.
True, about Einstein and SR, but they are not talking about objects moving THROUGH space faster than light, but rather manipulating space-time itself. Also, what Einstein actually said in his STR was that nothing (with mass) can be accelerated-to OR slowed-downed-to the speed of light. In theory, he said, something could already be traveling faster than light (see 'Tachyons').
From the article: "Strange as it sounds, current evidence supports the notion that the fabric of space-time can expand faster than the speed of light, because the reality in which light travels is itself expanding."