~Hook

Khloe:
Wannahearajoke.
Ethan:
No
Khloe:
Ablackholewalksintoabar.
Lifeonthatplanetcomestoanend,andtheplanetisannihilated.(Exaggerate*annihilated*)
Ethan:
Wow.Thatwasaterriblejoke
Khloe:
Myspecialty.
~IntroduceSpeakers

Ethan:
Helloeveryonewelcometo
JourneytoaBlackHole
.
Khloe:
Withpresenthosts,KhloeHernandez
Ethan:
AndEthanBaruh
Aidan:
WhyamInotinthescript?
*Yell*

Khloe:
Becauseyoumissedrehearsals!
*Yellback*
Ethan:

MovingonTodaywewillbetalkingabo

Aidan:
Noooooo...Itsmyturntotalk.
Ethan:
Finebutdon'tmakefunofme.
Aidan:
*shuffleintoseatbumpintopeople*
NopromisesOKAY!Todaywearetalkingaboutblackholesandwhatwouldhappenifwethrow
Ethaninsideofone.
*Speakingevilishattowardstheendofthesentence.*
Ethan:
AidanQuitit!
Khloe:
NeverMindingthosetwoAidanisrightaboutonething.Andthat'sthepartaboutblackholes.We
willbetalkingaboutthestudyofblackholes,howtogettoablackhole,andwhatitdoestoa
humanthatgetssuckedintoone.
Aidan:
AndIllbetalkingaboutthestudyofablackhole,generallywhatablackholeis.
Ethan:
Iwillbetalkingaboutthetravelmethodtogettoablackholeandhowlongitwouldtaketoarriveto
one.
Khloe:
Illbetalkingaboutbiomedicalhealthcarewhengoinginto
Aidan:
INTO..youmeanwhenpeopleturnintominttoothpaste...orwouldtheytastelikethekidskind?
MAN,thatstuffsgood!
Ethan:
ButtoutAidan.

Aidan:
Well,Iwanttotalk.
Ethan:
No
Khloe:
Well...gettingbacktothetopic,yesthetoothpastesituation,Iwillbetalkingabouthowthehuman
isaffectedbyablackhole.
Aidan:
Canwestartnowplease!?
Ethan:
Sure.Butkeepitprofessional.
Aidan:
Whatever.
*Frustrated*
~InquiryQuestion
Howcloseisthenearestblackhole?
Howdoblackholesnormallyform?
Howcanahumanreachablackhole?
Whathappenstothehumanbodyinablackhole?

Aidan'sBlackHoleSection:
Aidan:
BlackHolesarebasiclyanextremelycondensedstarthathassuchahighgravitythatnothingnot
evenlightcanescape.
Khloe:
Forexample,ifIneededtogetridofsomeone
*CoughCoughAidan*
Icouldjustthrowthatone
personintoablackholeandtheydvanishandtheywouldn'tbeabletoscreamforhelp.
Aidan:


ablackholeisformedwhenaHUGEstarrunsoutoffueltoburnandstartstoburnitsiron.

Aidan
Thentheentirestarslifegoesdownhillanditgrowsthenbasically..KABOOM!...explodes.Onlyto
comecrashinginonitselfandbecomingsocondensedthatyoucan'tescapefromitsforce.
Or,(deepbreath)thesmallerstarslikeoursunwillgrowandswallowupmostthingsinthesolar
systemonlytoeventuallyshrinkbackdowntobecomeadull.White.Dwarf.
Iftheearthbecameablackhole(eventhoughit'simpossibletohappennaturally)theearthwouldbe
thesize...ofagolfball.
Khloe:
Ithoughtaparticleacceleratorcouldcreateablackhole?
Aidan:
Blackholescanbecreatedbyaparticleacceleratorbutthatwouldbemanmadenotanatural
event.
Khloe:
!
Aidan:
Thesmalleststarcanbetobecomeablackholeis
605761.8Mileradiusor39.388billioninches.

Whatsthedifferencebetweenablackholeandaneutronstar?
Aidan:
Neutronstarsarethemostcompactstarintheuniversebuttheyarenotnearlyaslargeorhavethe
samegravityofablackhole.
Whattypesofblackholesarethereandwhatisthebiggestblackhole?

Doesablackholelastforever?
KnoeOnnowsforeshorewhatthelifespanofablackholeisoriftheyhaveononetheorysuggest
thatblackholesslowlygiveoutparticlesandshrinkovertimebutthisisonlyonewhery.
(Ifnot,howlongwoulditlast)


Ethan'sSpaceTravelNukingSection:
Nowontothemoreinterestingstuff!
Hahahahathat'sdefinitelywhatwecallyoubehindyourbackinterestingcoughcoughrobot
Currently,withthetechnologyavailable,gettingtoablackholewouldstilltakeaverylongtime.As
ofrightnowtheclosestblackholetoEarth,V4641Sgrisaboutonethousandsixhundredlightyears
away.IncomparisonMarsislessthanonelightyearawayyetitstillwouldtaketwoyearstoreachit
withcurrentspacecrafts.
Aidan:
WaitthemartiansaidIttakesfouryears!
Ethan:
Obviouslyforatriptoablackholethiswouldbeacompletelycrazythingtodoforsomethingthat
wouldobliterateusall.Itwouldtakehundredsofgenerationsofpeopletogettoablackhole.Asof
2016westilldonthaveanytechnologythatwouldgetpeopletoablackholeinonegenerationbut
wedohavetechnologythatwouldgetusthereinsignificantlylesstimethanothertypesofspace
travel.
Howmanygenerationswouldittaketogetthere?
Withthistypeofpropulsionitwouldtake383,988generationstogettoaV4641Sgr

ThismethodiscalledExternalPulsedPlasmaPropulsion.Thebasicideaofthisisyouejectsome
typeofpulseunitorexplosivedeviceoutthebackofthecraftanddetonateit.
Wouldthisdestroyeverythinginspacebecauseoftheholenogravityandthefactthattheshock
wavewouldneverstopuntilitwasabsorbed.
Theoreticallyitcouldbutifyoupositionedthecrafttonearsometypeofasteroidorplanet,thenthe
shockwavecouldbeabsorbedbytheplanet.
Aspecialtypeofplateonthebackoftheshipusestheexplosiontopropelitselfthroughspace.
AccordingtheDr.JoeBonomettithistypeofpropulsionwouldturnatwoyearsoftravelinto30day
trip.Thespeedsonthistripwouldbearoundmach150or111847milesperhour.
Khloe:
Whatdoesmachmean?

Ethan:
Basicallymachisthespeedofsoundor767milesperhour.Somach1isjust741milesperhour.
Incomparisonanormalrockettravelsaround26,000milesperhourduringthetripfromEarthtothe
Moon.
Khloe:
Havetherebeenanyspaceshipsthathaveusedthistypeofpropulsion?
Ethan:
Notherehavenot.Inthe1960stherewasaprojectcalledProjectOrionwhichisthebestknown
exampleofthis,butitwasterminatedin1965duetopoliticalreasons.Butno,therehavenotbeen
anylaunchedshipsusingthis.

Khloe:
Wouldntthisbealotmoredangerousthanregularspacetravelsinceyoubasicallyhaveabunchof
nukesonboard.
Ethan:
Likeallspacetravelitwouldbeverydangerous,butmainlynonemoresothanregularspacetravel.
Inalltheyearsthatnuclearweaponshaveexistedverylittlehaveeverexplodedbyaccident.Itis
verydifficulttomakeanucleardeviceexplodeandithastobedoneperfectly,sothechancesofthis
happeningareverysmall.Ofcourseitispossiblethough,butlikeIsaid,thereisaverysmall
chanceofitactuallyhappening.
Nowthismightsoundlikeanawesometypeofpropulsion,butitisprettymuchonlygoodforshort
term.Nuclearmateriallikeplutoniumanduraniumisextremelydensesothereisalimitonhow
muchyoucouldbring,andyoualreadyneedhundredsofpulseunitstogettoMars.
Aidan:
Ethan...Ethan...slowdown.Breathbetweensentences.what'sapulseforwhenyoutalkthatfast.
Youmightaswellloseyourbreath,suffocatethendierighthereonset.
Ethan:
Wow.Aidanwhysotoughonmei'mjusttryingtoexplainthefacts.
Ethan:

Anotherthingisthepusherplate,itcanonlystandacertainamountofpulses.Certainbeingaround
10,000to100,000pulses.

Ethan:
Canwejustmoveon?!
Aidan:
Fine.Khloe,it'syourturn.
Khloe:
OK!
Khloe'stakeontoothpaste:
Thesituationwithyourselfgettingsuckedupintotheforceofablackholeisprettyquick.
Andthereisn'treallymuchsciencetoitastheothertopicscompared.Gettingintoablackholeis
literallyinstantdeath.Theforceoftheblackholewouldmakeyouorbitintheperimeteroftheblack
holewhilebeingpulledintothecenteroftheholewithmightyforcetopullyousostrongyou
basicallyturntoToothpaste.
Ethan:
Howlongwouldittakeforyoutogetsuckedin?
Khloe:
Well,certainlynotlongatall,theforceofablackholeisalotstrongerthanyouthink.So,to
answeryourquestion,approximatelysixsecondsforcertaindeath.Completelyimpossibleto
escape.Althoughthereisa99.999799839percentchanceofyouNOTsurviving,let'slooktothe
brightersideofthings,withinthatonepercentthat'sleftofthelongprecentacesaid,there'sstilla
chanceofliving,highlydoubtful,butstillpossible.Youwouldn'tbeabletotellbecauseyouwouldbe
inareallydeepsleep(coma)withinanotherdimensioninspace,butthatisnearlyimpossible.
Arethereanyotherspeculationsaboutwhatwouldhappen?
Thereisn'tmuchtoittowhenyougetsuckedinbuttogiveabetterpicture,thereis
Einstein'stheorytopredictwhatwouldinitiallyhappen.FIrst,youwouldseeablackhole.Asyou
approachtheeventhorizon,youwouldseeblacknesscoveringyou,withonlyasmallholeabove
you,showingthespaceoutsideoftheblackhole,atzenith.Slowly,theholebecomessmallerand
youentertheeventhorizon,theareaofnoescape.Atthispoint,theholevanishesandyoucanonly
seeblacknessaroundyou,providedyousurvivetheintensetidalforcesoftheblackhole.Time
slowsdowntoacompletestandstillforyouasseenbyanexternalobserver,thoughitstillappears
tobepassingnormallyforyou.Youwouldthenbestretchedlikespaghettiduetothedifferencein

thegravitationalfieldbetweenyouheadandlegs.Thetidalforceswouldripyou,thenyour
molecules,thenyouratoms,untilitistotallyunrecognizableasaformofmatter.Soon,youcrash
intotheblackholesingularitywhereyoubecomeonewiththeblackhole.

~Conclusion/Wrapup

Aidan:
WellnowthatweknowwhatwouldhappentomeifIwasthrownintoablackholecanIjustsay
I'malittleworriedyouguysknowsomuchaboutthis.
Khloe:
Don'tworryit'stoomuchmoneytosendyoutoone,but,IcanstillthrowyouintoDisneyland...
remember?
Ethan:
Waitaminute?ShegetstogotoDisneyland?Iwanttogo!
Aidan:
Well,nowtothinkofit,itisaprettygooddealtospendeternityinthehappiestplaceonearth.
Khloe:
God,yousoundlikemy7yearoldsister...whenshewaslike4yearsold.Evenshehatesthe
disneylandjunk.
Aidan
HOWCANSOMEONEBATEDISNEYLANDIT'STHEHAPPIESTPLACEONEARTH!
Ethan
Mabyshe'sarobot?
Aidan
NoevenrobotslikeDisneyland
Ethan
Hawdoyouknow?
Aidan

Ijustnnnnknow
~Credits

Ethan:
ThankyouDr.JoeBonometti,forprovidingalmostalloftheinformationonExternalPulsed
PlasmaPropulsion.

Aidan:
ThankyouNASAfortheinformationaboutthegeneralknowledgeofblackholes

AndaspecialthankstoHSPCforthehelpfulfactsonbiomedicalhealthcareinspace,really
helpingoutwiththesettingofourpodcast.
Aidan:
Heyy'allwanttogotopanara?

Khloe:

Icouldusesomepanera

Ethan:
Hey,payattention,weneedtoendthisthing.

Aidan:
Sorrycan'thelpit,i'mstarving.

Khloe

Well,Iamtoo,I'mendingthispodcast.

Ethan:
Iagree.

Aidan:
Noonewasaskingforyouropinionethan.

Ethan:
Rudemuch.

Khloe:
Well,thanksforlistening!

Aidan:
I'mgoingtopanarayoucanjoinmeifyouwon'tbutI'moutofhear

End.

Khloe:
Boom.
Aidan
NofairIwantedtosaythat!

Khloe

TheshowsoverAidanforgetit
Aidan
FineBoomendofshow