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Originally Posted by Targan

Once again, the technology needs to catch up with the theory. Quantum entanglement theory shows that it is possible to create linked particles. I believe these are the key to FTL communication.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement

That's a long way in the future, though it might be one of the keys to FTL travel as well. Michio Kaku believes that FTL travel may be as little as 200 years away, and will probably be based on time-space warping. Stephen Hawkins does not agree with the timeline (he thinks it's much further off), but agrees that FTL travel will be based on time-space warping.