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Have OA already have an entry for Schwartchild Kugelblitz spaceship? - quakfusion - 06-04-2015 http://io9.com/how-to-power-a-starship-with-an-artificial-black-hole-1502929100 RE: Have OA already have an entry for Schwartchild Kugelblitz spaceship? - stevebowers - 06-05-2015 Here's an earlier thread on the subject; http://www.orionsarm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=266 The idea is somewhat interesting, but dragging a black hole around adds a lot of mass to the ship which needs to be accelerated as well (that means it is less efficient than a beamrider or boostbeam). There is a problem with the characteristics of the drive as well - the emissions start very slowly, then rapidly build up in the last few seconds of the black hole's life- so unless you want to accelerate at a fraction of a gee for years, then suddenly start accelerating at 100 gees this is not the drive for you. RE: Have OA already have an entry for Schwartchild Kugelblitz spaceship? - stevebowers - 06-05-2015 Note that we do have artificial black holes in the scenario, http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/460e790e8b615 which are used for various purposes, but rarely for propulsion.