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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
Why would anyone bother trying to reach some place that probably died out or blew up long before its light reached the Earth? Plenty of stuff we can see disappeared long ago, but its light is just now, relatively speaking, getting to us. If Alpha Centauri went dark in our telescopes tomorrow, that means it actually happened over four years ago. If we were able to travel there, imagine the four year time delay in communication back to the Earth! There has to be some loophole in quantum physics that allows travel, if not faster than the speed of light, at least some trap door in space/time for getting to those faraway places. I doubt any of us will live to see it, but it's cool to think about.
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Correct. I think what has to happen is one needs to suspend their idea of traditional space travel.
Black holes might be the way to do this.