From: eripe.dk@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 5:19:15 PM UTC+7, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:   
   > On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 02:14:32 -0800 (PST), eripe    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >So I should think that if your spaceship is massive enough and has a   
   correct trajectory, you should be able to 'go fishing'; slingshot around a   
   black hole where you dip the pole under the event horizon, and pull it out   
   again.   
   >   
   > No. The definition of the event horizon is describing where you *cannot*   
   > do that, as there are no spacelike paths leading back to outside the   
   > horizon.   
      
   Imagine a smaller black hole orbiting a big black hole. It would 'make a dent'   
   in the event horizon of the big one, so an object could dip under the normal   
   horizon and come back out.   
   So in my mind there is no difference if the dent is made by the force from   
   the  gravity of a small black hole, or by the force from the strength of a   
   pole.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)