"Forget about it. Don't look at those distant shores and think that some day we'll be able to build an engine for that rowing boat. A little outboard motor wouldn't get you very far -- you'd likely run out of gas before the island is out of sight! Heck, you'll probably starve before then anyway.
Just go home. Why are you still planning on building a big boat -- that sci-fi notion of a metal-hulled "ship" no less! -- when you should be worrying more about your little island? We have problems here! Our resources are dwindling, people are starving! Your dreams mean nothing in our everyday lives."
http://news.discovery.com/space/interstellar-travel-is-hard-dont-bother-120913.html#mkcpgn=fbdsc17
I'd also like to see some form of habitat on the Moon. Especially since theres no way we're launching any kind of large spacecraft from the ground on Earth. You would burn 90% of the fuel getting off the ground, leaving 10% for the remaining 252,700,000,000,00 miles.