User blog comment:PitaKang/Funday Monday 3: What would an interstellar civilization look like?/@comment-32656-20130501080354/@comment-32656-20130503004144

Yes - to go a significant percentage of light speed is indeed within our current abilities. Just would take an obscene amount of funds and resources, so it will not happen anytime soon. These methods wold also take a few years to get up to speed.