The universe is still young: it's only 13.8 billion years old, it's going to become much older than that, many times older than that. So there's plenty of time to reach all of it, or all of the visible parts, totally within the limits of light speed and physics. A new type of life is going to make the universe intelligent. Now, of course, we are not going to remain the crown of creation, of course not. But there is still beauty in seeing yourself as part of a grander process that leads the cosmos from low complexity towards higher complexity.