Damon said: > Really though, isn't this largely academic, since you probably > wouldn't survive the tidal forces involved?
Sufficiently large black holes have low enough tidal forces at the horizon that you should be able to survive crossing that without too much difficulty. You'll still be shredded before you hit the singularity though. > Would you be able to escape if you dropped some "exotic" matter > into the singularity? I don't know enough general relativity to know. There are certainly solutions for charged or spinning black holes in which you can fall through the horizon, miss the singularity, and effectively emerge in another universe. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that for the spinning, uncharged case you have to pass through an infinite blueshift surface on the way through though, so you'll be fried even if you aren't shredded. Rich _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
