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Question:  What steps are scientists taking to further space travel?
debbie d wolski

Answer 1:  Most scientists in this area are working for travel in our solar
system and around the earth.  The distances and times are too large to be
traveling anywhere else.  There are some ideas about very light and small space
craft with computers on board, but no persons.  That might be interesting, but i t will take each very long
time.  NASA and China, and one private company are working on launch vehicles.
samuel p bowen

Answer 2:  There's also the ESA (European Space Agency) and the Japanese ISAS
(Institute for Space and Astronautical Science)
Hawley