in fact until the latter part of the 19th century, no one imagined there was an upper speed limit in the universe. Two guys called Michelson and Morley discovered it, in an experiment, with real apparatus and accurate measurements; an experiment that has been repeated and confirmed countless times since in infinite variations. The realization came about when no matter how hard we looked, we couldn't find anything that moved faster than light; and not only that, all the laws of motion that explained the universe so well simply broke down at speeds faster than light.

There are a lot of other very good reasons in physics why we can't move anything faster than light, unfortunately, you have to have some understanding of math and physics in order to comprehend them. In addition, as objects approached the speed of light, they became harder and harder to speed up, until the equations predicted that it would require infinite energy to make them go faster than the speed of light, a conclusion confirmed by actual experiments and observations. And physicists have been trying their damnedest for over a century to prove Michelson and Morely wrong. They've also been trying to disprove Einstein who showed why Michelson and Morely HAD to be right.

In other words, the speed-of-light limit is not an idea cooked up by closed-minded and hidebound scientists who want to rain on your parade, it is the inescapable and totally unanticipated result of observation, experiment, and Relativity theory that has explained the rest of the world perfectly for a century, now. Believe me, the physics community doesn't like speed limits any more than you do.

Now, is there a POSSIBILITY that maybe we have the science wrong, that perhaps there is some physical law we haven't stumbled on to yet that will allow faster-than-light travel? Of course, scientific theories are modified or replaced all the time, and maybe we'll get lucky and figure out a way to beat this. But there is no GUARANTEE that we will do so simply because we don't like the way the universe is put together.

If you really want faster-than-light travel, learn some physics, do some experiments, and make some observations. Or at least, learn enough high school algebra so you can read one of the many good books written on this subject. The burden of proof is on you, so quit whining.

Until then, "300,000 km/sec is not just a good idea, it's the LAW".