Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> You'd wind up changing the course of the black hole much less than you'd 
>> change the course of your spaceship, is all.
> 
>   The black hole would have to be moving towards the general direction
> of Earth, in that case.

I don't have the math to be sure that's true.  Wouldn't it be possible to 
make it moving away less quickly?

I mean, certainly if there's a solid object moving away from you, you can 
land on it and jump off and go up. Stand on a trampoline going 1 MPH 
downwards - can you jump up?

You might be right, tho, if there's no physical contact, but as I say I 
don't want to learn the math to figure it out. :-)

>   But you get tons of other problems, as I described in my post. :P

Yah. I posted before I read that, methinks.

>   As very massive objects, and ones usually formed from collapsing stars
> (the collapse leaving behind tons of stuff), I think it would be rather
> difficult to find "naked" black holes, without the accompanying stuff.

Unless you manufactured it yourself, yes. :-)

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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