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Black Holes And Time Travel?

Stevid
21-05-2004, 16:43
The Space Program in Stevid is fairly limited. It usually sends up shuttles to repair or replace damaged satellites. Only a few years ago, scientists managed to develop warp drive by reacting Matter and Anti- Matter together to create vast amounts of energy required to power a warp system. (Anyone who would like to know the exact details of warp drive, just ask and I’ll post them).
The Shuttle reached warp 1.5, it is a small amount because I haven’t got the full knowledge need for warp 9.5.

But with this technology, experiments so extreme could be conducted, that is what this is about. Telescopes in Stevid spotted a Black Hole or a Singularity not far from the solar- system; this is not a bad thing because it’s trajectory means it is moving away from us.

Einstein proved that Space and Time are intimately linked. So if a Black Hole rotates quickly enough, the time dimension can replace a space dimension in the Black Hole’s frame of reference. A starship on a trajectory passing “near” the Black Hole could move through the time dimension, travelling into the past or future. (Theoretically of course) A Black Hole rotating quickly enough to create this effect will “Shed” its event horizon and become a naked singularity.

Black Holes, due to the amount stars they collapse, emit vast amounts of radiation lethal to the human race. For a starship to even begin to think about going anywhere near a Black Hole would be suicide. A ship would need extremely tough and thick radiation armour plating to repel the radiation. Even Stevid doesn’t have that sort of money, we require funding.

This is a rare event and would greatly appreciate funding. All nations may participate and be part of the experiment. In other words, it wouldn’t be a national achievement; it would be a worldwide achievement.

Of course, depending in what time zone we arrive in (Assuming the mission is a success), we will not intervene with the timeline of Earth from the past, and getting back would also be difficult, but Black Holes are slow moving. With warp speed you could arrive at the Back Hole in no time, but then the question comes up, is the Black Hole in the past rotating fast enough to the ship home?
It is a risk I’m willing to take and we may never have this opportunity like this again.
Phoenixius
21-05-2004, 17:17
Well, I don't know what your black hole time travel is but this is what my Physics teacher told us about time travelling in a black hole:

First you need a black hole that was more a ring, as opposed to a ball. This is because you need to go through the hole in the middle to 'time travel'. Sounds simple hey? Well first you've got to get pas the event horizon which will pull you apart the closer you got. Then you would have to survive the extremely intense radiation that would fry your remains in no time at all. Once your past all that you can go through the ring and time travel.

The only problem you'll have now is trying to go faster than the speed of light to escape, after getting fried again and then torn apart as you go through the event horizon. Do all that and you have sucessfully travelled time.
Egocentrica
21-05-2004, 17:26
In my region we have a so called black hole, perfect for time travelling, but we wouldn´t tell a soul! :roll:
Stevid
22-05-2004, 10:33
Well, I don't know what your black hole time travel is but this is what my Physics teacher told us about time travelling in a black hole:

First you need a black hole that was more a ring, as opposed to a ball. This is because you need to go through the hole in the middle to 'time travel'. Sounds simple hey? Well first you've got to get pas the event horizon which will pull you apart the closer you got. Then you would have to survive the extremely intense radiation that would fry your remains in no time at all. Once your past all that you can go through the ring and time travel.

The only problem you'll have now is trying to go faster than the speed of light to escape, after getting fried again and then torn apart as you go through the event horizon. Do all that and you have sucessfully travelled time.

Point taken, hence why we need the funding for the radation plating and the sructral integrity of the ship.