On: LIGO detects most massive black hole merger to date

[hansulu]

I was disappointed to learn that it would require billions of solar masses of energy from a black hole merger to be able to ride the gravitational wave starting at a distance of a few Schwarzschild radii. It seems like riding a plasma jet might be better.

(Just planning my next trip.)

[pixl97 → hansulu]

Much better off just chucking 90% of your mass into the blackhole to get a hella kick.