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Assuming the Alcubierre drive doesn't pan out, what other propulsion systems could we use to zip through the galaxy in style? It comes down to these two: The Kugelblitz drive (Aka, the Black hole drive) which could accelerate a spacecraft to 10% c in 20 days and is just simply AWESOME: http://news.discovery.com/space/powering-a-starship-with-a-black-hole-engine-140114.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_starship And the Anti-matter drive which could get us to 99.9999999999999999999999% c and could allow us to TIME TRAVEL TO THE FUTURE, as well as getting us to the stars pretty darn quickly. Additionally, it would also be the power source for the Alcubierre drive if it turns out to work due to it's energy density. Finally, it's in some ways near term, seeing as we could just go to Jupiter for the AM, with the only problems being collecting/storing the stuff. http://news.discovery.com/space/revving-up-the-antimatter-engine-120927.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimatter_rocket Here's a really cool video made by PBS space time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzZGPCyrpSU Both are really cool propulsion systems, and would give us style points. Now they are pretty complicated, but at least they don't break the light barrier.
