New warp drive concept does twist space, doesn't move us fast
arstechnica.com
arstechnica.com
Lead time is a barrier of business. If I can get my goods to any customer anywhere in the belt in less than 30 days instead of many months, it's very valuable.
You're thinking about "[no] one", I am thinking about deliveries for millions of customers per trip. We're talking about a literal warp engine, this is not near future. There will be hundreds of millions of humans in space when this engine is production ready.