how come our space travelling speed is limited?

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To sum up, I understand fully that fuel is an issue, I’m talking theoretical.

In space there is little to no resistance because of how few particles floating about. But if you were always running and engine, pushing matter out behind you, youd have a constant acceleration. So it seems like we should be able to travel near speed of light (combining this constant acceleration with abusing gravity for slingshot maneuvers). Yet people always say nothing can travel the speed of light.

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Isnt the way around this is to create a gravitational vacuum in front of the object? I.e. a gravitational ripple that the object can ride like a wave.

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