MARS and back in 2 days...

[Cloxxki]

I like the idea of a wire attached between the moon and the earth.But for two reasons it may not work.First, there is too much stuff in orbit around the earth right now.Something will bump into it.Second,the earth moon system is constantly moving apart.A benefit might be that large electrical energies could be generated promoting travel for free between the earth and moon since the universe and sun,etc would be generating the power.Triffid

I forgot about rotations.
The wire might need to suspend in space and engage on both bodies simulatiously. Quite an operation.

[tournamentdan]

Look at it this way: if we could teleport a person to Alpha Centauri instantly,
so that the person dematerialises here and rematerialises there at the same time,
would we call that "faster than light travel"? Nobody actually makes the journey through
space to Alpha Centauri... Nobody actually travels... the person just pops into
existence there...

Your theory is a little off. I believe that to teleport something you will need a machine on both ends, one to tear you apart and one to put you back together. those machines will have to send your info back and forth, now you can choose radio signal (very slow) or a super laser beam (very fast) to send that info which will have to pass through space which in turn will take time.  It will not be instant. poof you are not there yet!!!

[Yucca]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Your theory is a little off. I believe that to teleport something you will need a machine on both ends, one to tear you apart and one to put you back together. those machines will have to send your info back and forth, now you can choose radio signal (very slow) or a super laser beam (very fast) to send that info which will have to pass through space which in turn will take time.  It will not be instant. poof you are not there yet!!!

A radio wave propogates at the speed of light, same as a laser. The fastest way to transmit information is probably to vibrate subspace (aka scalar waves, gravity waves, gravitons etc.) propogation speed to any point in the universe is said to take only one plank time quanta which is 10 to the minus 44 seconds which is:

0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 seconds

Here´s a great article that I found a joy to read, plus it tells you how to make a scalar detector for just a couple of dollars.

http://www.rexresearch.com/hodorhys/remag86/remag86.htm

I have built a Hodowanec scalar detector as above and have managed to transmit scalar impulses through a shielded and grounded box to said detector using a FET driven Cadaceus coil outside of the shielded box.

[AbbaRue]

@Koen1
Your mention of entangled particles is along the lines that I have been considering. 
If solid matter could be Entangled like photons are somehow, then we
could accomplish some very interesting things.
I learned about this phenomenon a number of years ago on a science program, and it has intrigued  me ever since.
Imagine what it would do for the internet.

[triffid]

I'm afraid the cheapest route to get into space will be used.But once we get there .The solar system better watch out!!!A thousand years later there will be people everywhere.I watched a couple of dvds on ice age hunters.After they entered the americas.It took them 1000 years to tranverse the americas.Something to think about.History does repeat itself often.Triffid