https://www.space.com/42317-milky-way-supermassive-black-hole-stuff-circling-drain.html
Astronomers have for the first time observed clumps of gas orbiting dangerously close to the giant black hole that lies at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.
Scientists think a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* lurks at the center of the Milky Way. Recent observations of this area show that clumps of gas orbit at about 30 percent of the speed of light on a circular path just outside the black hole's event horizon, according to a statement from the European Southern Observatory
The bigger question; what type of exhaust velocities are present near the event horizon of the the black hole that if the same gases are spun at the same velocities near the event horizon could be potentially used as a source of thrust for a spacecraft?
Astronomers have for the first time observed clumps of gas orbiting dangerously close to the giant black hole that lies at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.
Scientists think a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A* lurks at the center of the Milky Way. Recent observations of this area show that clumps of gas orbit at about 30 percent of the speed of light on a circular path just outside the black hole's event horizon, according to a statement from the European Southern Observatory
The bigger question; what type of exhaust velocities are present near the event horizon of the the black hole that if the same gases are spun at the same velocities near the event horizon could be potentially used as a source of thrust for a spacecraft?