Black hole starship: Difference between revisions

A '''black hole starship''' is a theoretical idea for enabling [[interstellar travel]] by [[spacecraft propulsion|propelling]] a [[starship]] by using a [[black hole]] as the energy source. The concept was first discussed in science fiction, notably in the book ''[[Imperial Earth]]'' by [[Arthur C. Clarke]], and in the work of [[Charles Sheffield]], in which energy extracted from a [[Rotating black hole|Kerr-Newman black hole]] is described as powering the rocket engines in the story "Killing Vector" (1978).<ref>Sheffield, Charles, "Killing Vector," [[Galaxy Science Fiction|Galaxy Magazine]], March 1978</ref>