Cool article about venturing to other star systems...
..., or at least, beginning to plan to plan how to travel to other star systems. By The New York Times, mind you!! Now all I have to do is figure out how to live another 150 or 250 years, so I can see the fun stuff that's to come...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/science/space/18starship.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/science/space/18starship.html