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From: fisher@star.DEC (Burns Fisher ZKO1-1/D42 DTN 381-1466)
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Subject: Energy from a black hole
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Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 09:57:56 EST
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I somehow missed the beginning of the black hole discussion, but
I just want to point out that one of the (probably many) problems
in using a black hole for transportation energy is that you have to
haul it along with you.  Black holes are MASSIVE!  Now if you are
talking about using the hole as a stationary source of energy to
do something like power a laser to hit a light sail, that is a different
question.

Burns

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