What is it about?

We look at what seems like a simple thing to do, namely falling into a black hole. We examine the question of what you should do to maximize your life expectancy, just sit back and enjoy the ride, or ride a rocket to slow your descent. The results are that there is a sweet spot you should aim for to get the maximum proper time remaining.

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Why is it important?

We consider what happens when you use a rocket below the event horizon of a black hole, showing the result to be very non-intuitive.

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This page is a summary of: No Way Back: Maximizing Survival Time Below the Schwarzschild Event Horizon, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, January 2007, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1071/as07012.
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