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A black hole engine that could power spaceships (antalik.com)
1 point by DanLivesHere on Nov 5, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



I demand someone write a great sci-fi movie or novel from the premises set in this awesome article.

"With a set of four machines: black hole generator, black hole drive, power plant, and a self perpetuating black hole powered black hole generator, the potential is enormous. As Crane and Westmoreland say:

A civilization equipped with our four machine tool set would be almost unimaginably energy rich. It could settle the galaxy at will."

Awe-inspiring.




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