scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> > No you run widdershins round the Earth very fast

> Ah but why use expensive rockets and stuff to go fast round the Earth when 
> you can just aim towards a black hole and get a huge speed-up for free (plus 
> it returns you roughly back towards Earth if you aim correctly).

  I think the slingshot effect is not dependent on the density of the larger
object, only on its mass and velocity (or, in other words, momentum). So
a black hole wouldn't make any difference compared to a regular star of
the same mass and velocity.

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                                                          - Warp

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