That's still way further than we've gotten, we're still kinda having trouble sending unmanned ships that far. [Let alone manned ones. They still haven't gotten past that whole speed problem when it comes to crossing space in a reasonable amount of time.

He can't help but go back to comment on the name of the ships, though, because lord is this sounding even more like something he'd read in a story back home.] Do they actually look like lions...? Because that already sounds incredibly amazing and way, way cooler than anything we've been able to send up so far.

[Curse the laws of aerodynamics and practical spaceship design.]