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The Halo Drive
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Astrophysicist David Kipping presents the halo drive, a proposed way to propel a starship to a good fraction of light speed by gaining energy from a black hole. The video is based on his peer-reviewed paper and explains why energy is the main obstacle to interstellar flight.
HN readers point to it as a clear explanation of a theoretical fuel-free propulsion concept from a channel they respect.
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