Actually, there is some scientific basis for both wormholes and warps.
And, specifically, an Alcubierre-type Warp IS a method of cheating the Einstein Limit.
We just don’t have the tech to do it. Yet. I have faith in Humanity getting Out There. Just not so sure America will do it. . .
“Yet. I have faith in Humanity getting Out There.”
If we don’t destroy ourselves first. I’m not a pessimistic person...but as a species, we spend so much of our time, efforts and resources on satisfying our greed for power and “ownership”, that we lose sight of the more nobler tasks. If we overcome our shortsightedness and social failings, I agree that someday we will make it to the stars.