From: Eric Schwartz <emschwar@...>
Date: 2005-02-05T09:21:02+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Physics of black holes

Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> writes:
> * Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@gmx.de> [0232 23:32]:
>> An often unanswered question in SciFi: Why does the Schwarzschild radius
>> mean a point of no return to space vessels that can fly faster than light?
>
> Ah, but these ships never travel faster than light, they always do some kind
> of 'warp' or 'wormhole' travel to bypass the speed limit...

Not necessarily; in Vernor Vinge's stories, the only reason we can't
do FTL now is that we live in a Slow Zone.  If we could make it to the
Beyond, we'd be set.

-=Eric "But that's a bit of a hike"
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