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Enstien himself once said, when asked about his theories, that he could be completely wrong.

Gandalf's comments on Quantum Theory opens a whole new door. Some fields of study into Quantum Mechanics suggest that FTL may be possible just not to our understanding of Classic or Relativity physics.

What's happened is that the human race has developed 3 seperate and distinct theories on physics:
Classical
Relativity
Quantum.

The problem is that these 3 theories are mutually exclusive. It is hoped (and this is where Membrane and String Theories come in) that a Unification Theory can be developed which will explain all of 3 theories into one.

Because of some of the concepts with Quantum Mechanics, there are viable research communities attempting to develope theories for FTL. MIT and NASA in particular have them. NASA's Advanced Concepts Labratories have developed many theories that have developed into something usable and one of their projects is for Quantum Propulsion. Which, theoretically, could be FTL.

Another more interesting proposal with Quantum theory IMO isn't Quantum Communications but Quantum Power. Using the description outlined earlier imagine that you Quantum Teleported electrons instead of photons. Assuming a transciver could be built small enough, you could have elliminate all need for batteries, powerlines, etc. All the electrical power would be "beamed" directly to the device needing it anywhere in the universe instantaniously. Combine that with the advent of Fusion power and the world would be changed on a scale comparable to the invention of the telephone, automobile, or computers.