I'm saying we can observe things entering a black hole not that we can get radio waves out. Hawking believes they emit radiation and if we could read that radiation we could view the events inside. Or something like that.
. On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > maaaay-be...if that is what he indeed said, then he's a physicist after all, > and I am not. But I got the impression from the class I took on special > relativity that he's primarily known for explaining astrophysics very well > to a lay audience, not for his own contributions. I could be wrong. > > If what you say is so, it would be because of the effect of the enormous > gravitational force on photons and other possible means of detection such as > radio emissions . But afaik you would not be able to communicate with a > spaceship or satellite that has gone into the event horizon as by definition > it's the point of no return. Now, would an event horizon distort perceptions > in its vicinity, yes: > > http://www.perceptions.couk.com/uef/imgs/eh-action.gif > > http://math-it.org/Mathematik/Astronomie/koordin.gif > > These images seem to be saying that. But not that you can test the theory by > sending a probe into the event horizon, which is what I am hearing from you. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342959 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
