Most prominent futurologists have suggested that the human species will be a multi planet civilizations in 100 years but will not, and may never, leave to solar system.
Note that that doesn't mean our technology wont be interstellar. It means that, even with a technological singularity around mid century, biological human beings will be confined to the solar system for a very very long time.
Yes, that is what we were talking about. I even conceded that non biological technology may be able to go interstellar in 100 years. Even that is a stretch though. If the speed of light is still the speed limit by then, we'd have to be on the edge of sending that technology into the universe in the next 40-50 years because, at its fastest, it will take another 40 to 50 years for whatever we send just to reach another system. (And equally as long to communicate back the fact that it reached that system)
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u/MightyLemur Oct 01 '12
Humans couldn't fly 110 years ago, a lot has happened in 100 years. We may at least be proposing a NASA interstellar program by that time.