YEAR POSTED: 2009 In almost every single space opera or space western science fiction novel ever written. It is basically the leading staple of all science fiction novels. Star Trek and Star Wars are leading examples of stories involving the heavy use of space travel. Undoubtedly, humanity has been to space hundreds of times as a whole; however, current space travel is tremendously technologically primordial. We do not yet have the technology to travel at even 0.0003% the speed of light, and this is calculated with the fastest space probe ever sent by man. Evidently, humanity has some room for improvement... such as travelling the world at extreme speeds anywhere anyhow