Atleast someone understands physics here.

Even if you take all the nuclear fuel in the world and try to use it in the most efficent way possible, even then it would take 1000s of years to get to the nearest star not to mention the technology required to make a vessel capable of such speeds.

If someone still thinks that nuclear rockets can get them to the nearest star then either they know how to hibernate or they must be immortal.

There's lots of research being done already on FTL travel at NASA. Such as Alcubierre’s "Warp Drive" and "Negative mass propulsion", to name but a few.

If NASA are trying to make the science a reality, then I'm fairly sure that other organisations that are public or unknown are looking into this.

Institutions realise that once you achieve FTL travel, then time travel is also possible.

Sorry, but I don't want to spend 30 years of my life making one trip to another solar system. Linear travel in its present state is not a plausible solution.

Racer, good news. You won't! Someone else will be making those long trips and likely not even in your lifetime or your childrens lifetime. Get used to the the tech that is available today and what may be possible in the next 50 years. Humans traveling to another solar system will not be an option. Not only will there always be technological roadblocks there will be political. Politics will both stall tech advancement and exploring when the tech has matured. This is the harsh truth.

I'm just saying we should be looking at alternatives to the current mindset of long distance space travel.

Here's an interesting read in the mean time. http://www.space.com/21675-...

True, but let's say you get back home. Your friends would soon be years older than you and a whole generation could pass by depending on how far out you fly.

I am referring to things that we have right now that are viable, of course 100,000 mph is only a fraction of what we need.