Hey just think about how long it will take to get there 1,600 light-years away......Then add on how long it will take for the information to get back to us.

One way is long enough but you still need the return trip on the data collected to travel back. That is a long...long, long, long time. I mean...I don't even know how you send that data back from that distance and escape the event horizon anyway.

Edit: Crap I should have read the responses...someone already made much more detailed post saying the same things. Well done /u/Weed_O_Whirler