Is this really news? I thought they decided along time ago that conventional rocket power would never work and that only worm holes or something along those lines would work! Proxima Centauri at 4.21 Light Years meaning that even if we traveled at the speed of light its an 8.5 year round trip!

but I completely agree with the "lets work on our home first" mantra. What a stupid American consumerism way to look at life.... no big deal if we F this planet up, we can buy another cheap version from the Chinese right?