Well, the important thing, as I think John De Rivaz pointed out, (and that no one else has really brought out), is that the implication is that IF this thing is MINIMALLY workable, then all we really need is for INFORMATION to be passed down to us from the future through the machine (which would conceivably happen as soon as the machine is turned on (if it works). Never mind hopping in the machine as la HG Wells....
That *information* ( minimally nano-encoded? ) from the future could be...well, I am sure you can all imagine....
Basically, a Bootstrap Scenario would ensue.
This is basic Hollywood stuff, of course.
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