I understand your curiosity! I can't tell you too much, but suffice is to say that if you are travelling on Earth in 2600's then there are no space ships used for travel. Ships entering Earth's orbit are required to set down and park until they leave. People move around the planet mostly by teleportation or walking. Cars and such things are quite a funny thought to us, and many look back and ask why there were permitted at all when SO many millions of humans were killed or injured.
The spaceships that leave earth are not piloted through autopilot or manual control. Its more like a synergy of the two but I cant say more about that!
It is good to see that people still enjoying walking when the option of teleportation is there. I suppose there is no better way to stay fit than natural exercise :D
It's an interesting future and I'd love to find out more about it through your posts, even though you do leave rather cryptic clues :)
The future is indeed very interesting, but what is happening here and now is equally fascinating! I will post a little about what the future holds, but i will try to focus on the here and now as much as i can so I don't risk getting us all stuck in a time-line paradox!