With the impending release of the Star Trek franchise reboot at the hands of tv and film mogul J. J. Abrams ("Lost", "Mission Impossible: III", "Alias", "Cloverfield", etc... as one or more of these: producer, co-creator, director, writer, composer...) the following fascinating article from Universe Today (see below 3 paragraphs down) plays down the chances of us ever finding an equivalent to the form of faster-than-light space travel propulsion used in the Star Trek universe: warp drive. Even so, it will always have currency, I believe, in science fiction for the possibilities it allows in terms of speeding up the drama (excuse the pun). Other, nearer-future dramas such as the films "Alien" + "Event Horizon" seem to manage with the more feasible idea of cryogenic sleep, but they are sci-fi thrillers based primarily on atmosphere and suspense (with the possible exception of James Cameron's "Aliens" i.e. "Al...
