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

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'm fond of the idea of tessering (basically, bending space) instead of trying to go faster than light...

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

I like that better too, but so far, only angels, Norns and spice-addicted Spacing Guild mutants know how it's done, and none of them will tell anybody else how. It's possible that they don't really know how either; that they just do it, the way Arthur Dent flies, without thinking about it - which is very cool, but not terribly helpful to the would-be apprentice.