lylisdad
lylisdad t1_j2dutq4 wrote
Reply to comment by -Ok-Perception- in In opposite : could you list things cheap today that will be unaffordable in 2030 ? (and why) by salutbobby
Which is also ironic because originally only the poor ate lobster because they were seen as basically giant cockroaches. Now the poor can't afford it and the rich see it as a delicacy!
lylisdad t1_j4yvccy wrote
Reply to Whats stopping us from sending a probe into a black hole if we haven't already? by stealth941
First, we need to deal with the fact that there isn't a blackhole anywhere close. The closest is probably several thousand light years away. Basically, any blackhole is considerably beyond our reach. This is all before we can consider designing a probe that could somehow survive the trip there and then the immense gravity of the blackhole. Lastly, any information we could possibly gather would itself be trapped by the gravity of the blackhole.
TLDR: The distances are too great, nearly impossible to send the probe beyond the event horizon, and the information itself would be trapped with no escape.