Well, we are able to research FTL for only a few decades. Give it a few more due to complexity. Few ages ago people thought that the world is flat...
Also, there are theories of FTL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light
Also, there are theories of FTL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light
Ah, no they didn't. Scientific consensus has been the earth is round for thousands of years.
I'm not arguing with your idea ... just that it should start with a caveat ... "there are no current theories that support FTL but we're hoping ..."