Since our primitive forebears first gazed up into the twinkling night sky, human beings have dreamed of what it might be like to move freely among the stars. To be fair, we?ve already made great strides in that direction ? progressing, in a few short generations, from rickety semi-powered flights, to those famous dusty footprints left on the moon, and even robotic tyre tracks on the surface Mars.

But for a growing number of visionary scientists and engineers working today, these almighty leaps don?t cut it any more. Our greatest minds are engaged in a colossal struggle, to slip the surly bonds of earth and realise our species? destiny as a spacefaring civilisation. So today we ask the question ? will space travelling ever be possible?

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