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      Are Black Hole Starships Possible

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          We investigate whether it is physically possible to build starships or power sources using the Hawking radiation of an artificial black hole as a power source. The proposal seems to be at the edge of possibility, but quantum gravity effects could change the picture.

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                Publication date Created: 12 August 2009
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