If an Observer Were to Pass Inward Through the Event

question 80

Multiple Choice

If an observer were to pass inward through the event horizon of a black hole, they could

• A) do nothing to prevent themselves from falling directly into the singularity at the center.
• B) escape again provided that the black hole is spinning.
• C) move outward within the black hole with a powerful rocket, thereby avoiding the singularity until their fuel ran out, but they could never escape back out through the event horizon.
• D) avoid the singularity by going into orbit around it, but they could never move outward again from any particular orbit.

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