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How about,
Scramjetting to as close as-close-as-you-can-get orbit around the Sun, unleashing a massive solar sail and jetting away at 3 to 5 percent the speed of light.

You could definately get to Alpha Centauri in 60 - 70 years, though don't trust my math :b.

902 km/s -> 10 AU in 19 Days -> 300,000 / 10 * 19 = Days to Alpha Centauri.

According to Einstein?s theory of relativity, nothing can
travel faster than light, and nearing light would require
near-infinite amounts of energy. However, what would happen
if the laws of relativity were bent.
         Science fiction often plays the roles of faster-than-light
starships that cross light-years in mere seconds. These novels
have their beautiful Warp Drives, and Hyper Drives, and other
exotic forms of propulsion, but what is the physics behind
these writings?
         The Physics of faster-than-light travel are very
possible, even in our slower-than-light dictated world. Such
drives and concepts of would be Wormholes, Hyperspace
(sometimes referred to as Fluidic Space). Most interstellar
drive concepts arise for the idea of warping space, or traveling
to a layer (or a completely different universe) where relativity
and other laws are not present.
   
         The question is, are these methods of travel possible,
and if so are they practical?
The possibility of something is never known until it is tried;
hypoothetically, say someone finds a way to travel
inter-dimensionally between the four known dimensions and
the other theoretical dimensions. A traveler to one of these
dimensions could easily walk into a gateway, and walk out
another without going very far in the higher dimension,
however return into normal space-time, have traveled
thousands, if not millions of light-years.
         Still though, is such travel practical, in theory yes, in
economic most likely not. Inter-dimensional would most likely
require terra-watts of power just to open a one-way trip. We
would most likely need to be an antimatter-matter powered
society for any such travel to be practical.

How about this possibility :
Mars has been weighed and judged suitable for carbon based life, thus an alien species has decided to begin terraforming Mars and posssibly sharing it with Humans 

It could be a trickery of speed and shadows but It could aslo very well be that an Ancient race once toured our Solar System and wanted to leave a message behind.

Can you say economy boost?

Aww... I was kinda hoping for petrified fungi  ,
I guess this is good too.

Well I had an idea for a fun lil' activity about designing your own faster than light ship, heres mine:

A - Four Two Megawatt Solar Panels
b - Has mysteriously disapeared off the diagram but would be located in the gray area just above c, it is the Diode Space Propuslion Drive(DSPD).
c - DSPD Net, for going in reverse .
D - Ruby Laser Rider Drive(RLRD), don't you just love the name?

Faster Than Light Travel Drive :
Ruby Laser Rider Drive, basically it converts the ship into a antihole wavelength and fires the laser and the wavelength rides with it(hence the name).

Slower Than Light Travel Drive :
Basically it squezes the space infront of the ship out the rear end.
Power Source: Solar Panels for Near Star power regeneration and Massive RTG's for Away from Star power.

Structure:
Made of Carbon nanotubes and titanium frame.

Now lets see your ships 

Isn't escape velocity 9.8 m/s?

I've taken this test before, I'm somewhere between Ghandi and Mandella.
I know my Political Party,
Liberal Socialist  :band: .

Does anyone know the math behind how many psi would it take for a valve one centimeter in diameter releasing helium to get into LEO...
Like...
How many psi per minute would be required to flow out of the valve to enter LEO and how much total helium psi would it take?

... Ever visit Human Missions?

Scientist find a Diamond in the Sky:
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3492919.stm]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3492919.stm
BBC says that astronomist discovered a star made from crystalized  Carbon.

Some were in Sri Lanka, Arthur C. Clarke is pipping with a happy "I told you so!" :laugh: .