Black hole starship engines : Whoa

[TheGatesofLogic]

I have a better idea, collapsar star-flight is dangerous for many reasons even without considering the dangers inherent in creating such objects (strangelets have NOT been proven to be non-existent and it is NOT clear whether they would be observable using traditional methods regardless, and this is only one of the most outlandish of possible issues in creating collapsars) without proper and ABSOLUTELY PRECISE quantum gravitational models the dangers are innumerable. There is, however, an engine that exploits relativity of light in such a way that it produces thrust directly from electricity neglecting any and all reaction mass. The EMdrive, a device that creates thrust from group velocity differences of microwave light in a precisely tapered waveguide with powerful supermagnetic resonation values, creates specific thrusts of over 30,000 N/kW much more than necessary for any small mission at reasonable distances, and with the development of microwave-based energy transfer the possibility of sustaining any device from earth-orbit energy banks becomes absolutely trivial.

[Themohawkninja]

I've heard of the concept before as an application of Hawking radiation, but I didn't know any scholarly articles were written on it!

I've got some reading to do.

[Wahgineer]

After reading the OP, this is what I thought: He considers a 1 million ton starship powered by a black hole/bussard ramjet engine to be better/more feasible than a warp drive? How does that make sense? A ship with an Alcubbiere drive would probably weigh roughly within the hundreds of tons range, and would use a lot less dangerous engine that didn't use a blackhole, could be turned off, and wouldn't destroy a planet if left unattended.

[meve12]

After reading the OP, this is what I thought: He considers a 1 million ton starship powered by a black hole/bussard ramjet engine to be better/more feasible than a warp drive? How does that make sense? A ship with an Alcubbiere drive would probably weigh roughly within the hundreds of tons range, and would use a lot less dangerous engine that didn't use a blackhole, could be turned off, and wouldn't destroy a planet if left unattended.

The warp-drive is also just a mathematical proof at this time; we've only begun experimenting with it, with inconclusive results.

The hole-y engine is actually possible, as far as we know.

[jfull]

After reading the OP, this is what I thought: He considers a 1 million ton starship powered by a black hole/bussard ramjet engine to be better/more feasible than a warp drive? How does that make sense? A ship with an Alcubbiere drive would probably weigh roughly within the hundreds of tons range, and would use a lot less dangerous engine that didn't use a blackhole, could be turned off, and wouldn't destroy a planet if left unattended.

An Alcubbiere drive may never ever be possible. If we are restricted to slower-than-light propulsion, then a singularity drive would be the most efficient one possible.