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according to Einsteine, it would take one billion pounds of fuel for every pound of the ship.
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One thing Einstein didn't bank on was the development of advanced fuels and infinite energy, as well as the fact that time slows down between the stars. Any race advanced enough to find it's way here would have starship designers with a far more advanced knowledge of the universe than Einstein or Hawking, because they would have to overcome the fact that time slows down the further you get into open space.
We're talking wormhole technology, subspace warping, time dilation, zero point energy harnessing, and advanced shielded alloy hulls.
Starship design is way beyond current human technology. We haven't even committed the first act of outer-spacial warfare or colonised another planet yet. The vessels in space are scarily weak, offering very little defense against fast moving objects. Also we've yet to get generate power in space using a sustained power generator - at present batteries and solar panels reign supreme. It's pretty pathetic really. Space is a cold and unforgiving place and we're walking into it like a person walking out occasionally into snow wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Hopeless.