Go to the Milky Way? The Three Musketeers can't even afford to go to Mars.
Even the moon, which is so close some nights you could reach out and touch it, is beyond the capability of the Chinese now, and NASA is in no hurry, either. Strange that 30 years ago we thought reaching the moon was no big deal. Looks like it won't be us warrior nomads overrunning the Milky Way.