From: jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org   
      
   On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 16:56:14 -0800 (PST), 0something0   
    wrote:   
      
   >An interesting thought experiment...   
   >   
   >What if, you got a giant stick stretching for many light-years. On one end is   
   a starship, which can break free. On the other end, is a counterweight just   
   outside of a black hole. the ship fires its engines to move forward a bit, to   
   put the counterweight    
   into the black hole. would the whole thing become spagettified or would the   
   starship be safe? would it be able to move out of a collision course by   
   detaching the rope?   
   >   
   >Just an interesting thought experiment for you guys to think about.   
      
   The hole will smoothie anything you put into it, removing all structural   
   integrity.   
      
   The counterweight and that end of the rope would be disintegrated into   
   component atoms and then smaller particles by tidal forces once they   
   pass the event horizon, disconnecting the spaceship.   
      
   	Cheers - Jaimie   
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