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It took New Horizons about ten years to reach Pluto and this black hole would be on the order of ten times further away from the sun than Pluto. We would of cau
by danbruc 7y ago
It took New Horizons about ten years to reach Pluto and this black hole would be on the order of ten times further away from the sun than Pluto. We would of cause still point all kinds of instruments at it from Earth but we would not be able to fly circles around it and throw stuff into it any time soon.
- sliken 7y agoActually I believe new horizons had a pretty primitive propulsion system and achieved most of it's delta V from a sling shot around jupiter. More recent solar sails and plasma based propulsion systems have achieves significant improvements since then. If it was a priority I don't see why would couldn't go 10x as far within in the next decade.
- red75prime 7y agoNuclear pulse engine can significantly cut the time.