The laws of physics may not apply in the Star Wars universe. But just because it's highly unlikely we'll ever make the jump to lightspeed as seen in the films,…
The laws of physics may not apply in the Star Wars universe. But just because it's highly unlikely we'll ever make the jump to lightspeed as seen in the films, that doesn't mean Star Wars-esque propulsion is out of the question entirely. The Parker Solar Probe, launched into the sun in 2018, is the fastest human-made craft ever made. Its top speed was 430,000 mph which is .065% the speed of light. That means the trip to Proxima Centauri, the nearest planet outside our solar system, would take 6,600 years. Could technologies like nuclear fusion or solar sails give us a speed bump?…