Granted, it'll probably never actually happen, or at least not in the lifetime of anyone currently living, but it's great to know people are out there working on stuff like this. Who knows, a century from now, perhaps our current perceptions of the laws of physics will seem as outdated as the idea of the Sun revolving around the Earth. And even if nothing comes of it, it's surely a lot more worthwhile than so many many many of the other "scientific" projects that are currently funded.
I particularly love this (I assume tongue-in-cheek) statement regarding the daunting hurdles yet to be overcome:
All this extraordinary feat requires, says the new study, is for scientists to harness a mysterious and poorly understood cosmic antigravity force, called dark energy.Yeah, no big deal, get on it.
To geek out for a moment, this whole thing reminds me of one of the aspects that I love about the latest incarnation of the Doctor on Doctor Who, his endless appreciation of the pioneering spirit of the human race. The subject comes up numerous times, and each time the marvelous David Tennant reacts with utter glee, even when said spirit of adventure has gotten the humans in question into a situation that requires the Doctor's usual near-fatal efforts to extricate them from. Damn the torpedoes, and all that!
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