And yet we are doomed to be trapped in our own solar system for the foreseeable future. That is until someone can figure out a way around the galaxy that doesn’t take centuries and huge amounts of energy...............
I’m afraid that is an exercise in futility as well. There are no short cuts to the basic laws of physics, I think. It will take a huge amount of energy and a long time for just one trip to the nearest star, based on what we know (and apart from popular sci fi). I used to think “why are the stars so far away from each other?” Well, it’s actually a good thing they are, or they would be crashing into each other all the time. Not good for us.
We need an improbability engine.