"But we're in space, weight has nothing to do [with it]"

If it was a black hole they were trying to escape, then gravity is the force they are fighting. So weight is indeed a factor, Mr Cartoon Spock!

On the other hand, like the movie, the properties of a black hole do appear to change once it's done eating the first thing it sees. It's both a gaping chasm that destroys a planet and a handy tunnel you can fly safely through two minutes later...

So maybe Cartoon Spock was right?

I thought for sure they were going to crash into the event horizon.

I LMAHS

Yeah, thought they would get torn up, like in REALITY. But the double ending was worth a good laugh.

>> ^BoneyD:
"But we're in space, weight has nothing to do [with it]"
If it was a black hole they were trying to escape, then gravity is the force they are fighting. So weight is indeed a factor, Mr Cartoon Spock! <IMG class=smiley src="http://static1.videosift.com/cdm/emoticon/wink.gif">
On the other hand, like the movie, the properties of a black hole do appear to change once it's done eating the first thing it sees. It's both a gaping chasm that destroys a planet and a handy tunnel you can fly safely through two minutes later...
So maybe Cartoon Spock was right? <IMG class=smiley src="http://static1.videosift.com/cdm/emoticon/sick.gif">


Actually, weight doesn't have anything to do with it. It's mass. In that, Spock is still wrong, but so are you.

Smart arse payback beat me to being the smart arse.

>> ^Payback:

Actually, weight doesn't have anything to do with it. It's mass. In that, Spock is still wrong, but so are you.


http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mass.html
Weight is the effect of gravity on an object based on its mass. The black hole is a nearby source of gravity, so the amount of mass on the ship will make it heavier. Just like it takes all the huge boosters on our space shuttles when leaving Earth's gravitational field, but only the small lander's power when leaving the moon.

So I'm correct!