Like wars erupting over FTL rather than sharing it, because the country or a corporation who would be the first to have such technology stands to have the potential to colonize distant planets.
Like wars erupting over FTL rather than sharing it, because the country or a corporation who would be the first to have such technology stands to have the potential to colonize distant planets.
The first people to invent FTL travel will have always been the undisputed rulers of all mankind, with no challenges to their authority ever observed by anyone.
No, not unless it is some sort of instantaneous matter transmission. Assuming mass and inertia still apply it would still take years to get to the closes suns. Hugh expense, difficult to control and limited benefit. Probably end up bankrupting the sending country.
I think you are missing the joke that they would be time traveling as well as space traveling, and could return before they left. With that capability, they could deliver future weaponry and resources to their former selves.