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Old January 10th, 2003, 09:48 PM
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Yes, you're right. Like you said, there's no way to put engines on a black hole because they would immediately be sucked in and destroyed. Maybe you can tow the black hole around using powerful tractor beams?
No. Electromagnetic radiation cannot escape from a black hole. The tractor beams would also most likely be sucked into it as well.
Hmmm...If this the case would the tractor beam pull the ship in also????
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Hmm... that is quite possible, as long as they don't turn it off.
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If you had another black hole somewhere, wouldn't gravity pull each one toward the other? So you could just create and destroy black holes right in front of the one you wanted to move to start it in motion.
That's a good idea!
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