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jrob323 t1_j4zjml5 wrote

Reply to comment by ozspook in Whats stopping us from sending a probe into a black hole if we haven't already? by stealth941

> If humanity really put their mind to it, went all out and built an Orion type spacecraft, we could probably get it there within 3000 years or so.

What are the chances that this spacecraft could travel at relativistic speed through space for 3000 years without encountering a speck of dust and detonating with the energy of a hydrogen bomb?

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Wyg6q17Dd5sNq59h t1_j4zyd33 wrote

An Orion-class vehicle can carry with it lots of mass to protect it from relativistic dust collisions.

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