Now that we've segued into Superman, here's the question we've all pondered at one point or another:

[conuly]

Is it ever going to be possible to find a way around that whole "speed of light" thing? One that doesn't involve generational ships or the also sci-fi concept of cryogenics, that is? NASA's page isn't that hopeful, and I assume they know what they're talking about.

Does that mean we really ARE all stuck here? (Well, unless we DO go the generational ship route, but that causes its own problems, I should think.)

Comments

[eldarath.livejournal.com]

FTL travel is...pretty unreachable with the current level of understanding regarding our physical universe...I mean, we can't even decide if a tachyon is beyond that theoretical limit.

I'm afraid we're just going to end up in hover chairs. (ex. wall-e)

[conuly]

Well, yes, but what I'm hoping is that the odds of our understanding being incredibly wrong are better than we think. It's happened before, after all. Of course, we knew a lot less then. (Way to state the obvious, Connie!)