In this 6-year-old report that Burko published in Physical Review Letters, he states that hyperspace travel through wormholes is possible, but he adds that there still may be too many hazards that could prevent it.
hyperspace: University of Utah News Release: April 03, 2003
Burko is now working at University of Alabama.
As futuristic as it sounds, this version of what life might be like in ten millennia could become reality. Time will tell.
