[ WP ] Blue prints for a cheap faster than light space craft are simultaneously emailed to every address and posted to every website along with a message from a human who claims to have seen the edge of the universe .

I received the email and thought it to be a hoax at first. Ya know, like those Nigerian princes with all that money in the early 2000's. It said a bunch of conspiracy theory nonsense like `` government secrets'' and `` other life-forms in our galaxy'' so I immediately dismissed it all, but it was an entertaining read nonetheless. Hell, I was even brave enough to open the attachment with the email and saw the blue prints. It just looked like a bunch of garble to me, lots of measurements in increments I had never heard of before. I enjoyed it for a few seconds after I received it, then went on about my private browsing time before I had to go back to my desk, chuckled about it with my coworkers, and went on about my life. There was n't much to it and even if I had the training and education to decipher it all, I had serious doubts about the legitimacy of the claims the email and blue prints were making. If you ca n't even build a car yourself for a grand, how in the world are you supposed to build a space craft with that amount of money? Much less make it safe, refuel it, etc etc. 
 
 Then reports start rolling in from all over the world about this stupid thing, everyone had received the email. Somehow pamphlets had popped up in the middle of Africa with the blueprints. Pretty elaborate for a conspiracy theory and I started having second thoughts about what the email had said. The principles the email mentioned and material list the author had put together seemed fairly practical but it still did n't seem right. The phrase `` too good to be true'' comes to mind when reviewing all this material. I sleep on the issue for a couple days and use it as work fodder for when we start to hate our jobs more than the usual, given amount. 
 
 Information keeps pouring in about these plans and finally some idiot tries to build it, CNN had n't had this much of a heyday reporting since Putin started faffing about. NASA finally came out about the plans and formally announced that they did not endorse the plans and people should n't be building these crafts yet until they were properly tested. This of course did n't stop your average backyard scientist ( read: redneck engineer ) from attempting and, mostly, failing at it. Most of the reports that still lingered about a month after the initial email were of people having their builds explode in their backyards or in fields. All of it was amusing to watch unfold and continued to be office fodder for awhile, but died as all trends do. 
 
 I was out in my backyard drinking with some buddies as all the hub bub was finally starting to die out and we start joking again about the plans. Rick starts bullshitting about actually trying to pull it off and we just laugh at him. 
 
 `` No, seriously guys! I've priced it out and everything. It would only cost us a little under $ 2000!'' 
 
 `` Yea, like any of us have two grand just lying around for us to throw at a project that does n't even work'', I responded. Rick was always up for these crack pot ideas and definitely our resident conspiracy theorist, cause, ya know, every group of friends needs one. 
 
 `` C'mon guys, this is legit! We just have to figure out where they went wrong!'' 
 
 `` They went wrong by not knowing propulsion systems and astrophysics'' Seamus scoffed at him, being the resident smart ass allowed him this luxury. 
 
 `` Not to mention when we would have the time to do this, put this together, test it WITHOUT harming ourselves, and finally, how the hell do we refuel the damn thing.'' I added. The list was just too long to seriously consider building this, even with how big of dreamers we like to talk about being. 
 
 We finally moved on to other topics and had a good time that night but as everyone was leaving, Rick just had to get one more word into me before leaving. 
 
 `` Look, I'm not saying, I'm just saying you should take a look at the list and what it would take to build it. It's not really as hard as it looks once you've figured out all the jargon'' 
 
 I patted him on the back ( mainly to keep pushing his tipsy ass out of my house ) `` Fine, I'll take a look at the parts list and see what's going on. Email me your finds so far on parts.'' 
 
 `` Thanks man! I knew you did n't think I was crazy!'' 
 
 `` Do n't be putting words in my mouth, I never said that!'' 
 
 `` Too Late! That's what I'm telling all the guys!'' As Rick runs to his car to go home. I laugh and close the door, a little tipsy myself and just crash on the couch. I'll deal with it in the morning. 
 
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 I'll work on this more. I have plenty more to write on this and obviously have n't developed much, but I'm at work and it's hard for me to write and call old people at the same time: P
