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.
If we could manipulate time, we could go anywhere.....................
Generally I agree.But I think it’s a bad idea to think that our current grasp on physics is the be all end all of it.
As I said on a similar thread some time back, we still find new things all the time. New life, new ways to use old tricks ect. Only within the last 100 years have we discovered atomic energy. So we are a universe away (pun intended) from having it down pat.
One night America went to bed thinking a 2000 bomb was the ultimate destruction device. The next morning the whole new paradigm was like nothing they ever imagined. It WILL happen again...and again.
Heck, it's hard getting to the nearest planet. There was an interesting thread last week, where scientists are discussing sending bacteria carrying our DNA to other planets. Since it's hard to send people, the plan would be to send robotics that would 3d-print humans after extracting our DNA encoded in the bacteria. We can't go, but we can propagate the species elsewhere, perhaps in conjunction with terraforming a planet. This is far into the future, not in our lifetime (at least while we have Obama-types running things down here).
I wonder how long it takes to build up to instant speed. /ponder
Gravity communication would allow messages between galaxies millions of light years apart.
Gravity is the answer.