Posted on 03/18/2019 9:02:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Seems like it would only work while you’re reasonably close to the black hole. Even slightly far away — let’s say 10 light years — it takes the light beam 20 years to whip around and get back to you. I guess that is overcome by having a steady stream “in the pipeline”, however, the article does mention the effect weakening over distance and I bet that effect is huge and that this method would only be practical for moving around in the vicinity of a black hole. But then again, I am not a rocket scientist, so what do I know?
I’m pretty skeptical of these claims but I have to say I don’t honestly know, but it seemed pretty incredible to think that would work.
I was just playing around with creative writing and sarcasm. Still skeptical of outlandish claims but you’re right, it takes ideas and imagination yet I think these are more ‘look at me’ than real ideas.
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