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Energy and mass are interchangeable, but they are not equivalent. A photon can travel at c because a photon has no mass. It doesn't take infinite energy to accelerate an infinite mass to c; it takes infinite energy to accelerate ANY mass to c, from an electron up. So unfortunately for your theory, FTL travel is not possible as we currently understand physics. Barring a facility to translate mass into energy without losing the mass' previous characteristics (like being a human being named Don Curtis) we ain't gonna do it with our current comprehension of physical reality. Now, things could change. I would LIKE for things to change. But it will be a fundamental breakthrough in physics (or some other science) that does it, not playing word games. Sorry. ;-( Bob