> Kinda depressing just how small we are and that we can't get around places to explore space without some groundbreaking invention that will transfer information from the atoms to another location instantly

If that ever happens, you'd better hope that the Novikov self-consistency principle [0] holds, or be ready to deal with the inevitable causality violations.[1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novikov_self-consistency_princ...

[1] http://www.askamathematician.com/2012/07/q-how-does-instanta...