Faster than light travel ???

This would be cool, but it probably won't happen in my lifetime:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/science/faster-than-the-speed-of-light.html

http://www.andersoninstitute.com/alcubierre-warp-drive.html

However, if I were a galactic regulator, I definitely would NOT let humans escape from Earth. We're like locusts, and I do not believe that the rest of the galaxy would tolerate typical human behavior.