> Or they've reached their technological plateau millions of years ago. Like we did 50 years ago.

What a bizarre thing to say, considering this very discovery leans on decades of science and engineering over the past 50 years!

None of those discoveries help with space travel whatsoever. Our most advanced space propulsion still works on the principle of throwing a lump of matter in the opposite direction. The rocket equation remains undefeated. Special relativity remains undefeated. This is the plateau that I'm talking about. And we have zero idea if anything can be done about it.

Many trolls hiding in these comments... either that or they just dont understand what the scientific method is.