# Could a warp drive capable ship enter and then exit the event horizon of a black hole? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 11, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-warp-drive-capable-ship-enter-and-then-exit-the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole/976333 "2022-12-11T14:17:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-warp-drive-capable-ship-enter-and-then-exit-the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole/976333/21 "2022-12-13T22:30:00Z")
Perhaps the question could be better formulated in terms of a rescue mission? If someone or something falls into a black hole, and then an Alcubierre ship comes along, could they take a path that would intersect with the original falling object, and then still leave to a distance? This formulation still needs refining, though, because an Alcubierre ship can, so far as we can tell, travel through time, so it could trivially just stay far away from the black hole and “rescue” the falling victim before they ever fell in in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-warp-drive-capable-ship-enter-and-then-exit-the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole/976333/22 "2022-12-13T22:37:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > There are monkey boys in the starship Hey, somebody turn off that gosh dang klaxon! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-warp-drive-capable-ship-enter-and-then-exit-the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole/976333/23 "2022-12-13T22:50:34Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Warp drive on a treadmill. What if we plugged two of them together? That would be _awesome!_: [The United Federation of "hold my beer, I got this" - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.io/gallery/wpZ4w) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-warp-drive-capable-ship-enter-and-then-exit-the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole/976333/24 "2022-12-14T01:42:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > There are monkey boys in the starship. Hey hey! People say they monkey around ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-warp-drive-capable-ship-enter-and-then-exit-the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole/976333/25 "2022-12-14T14:46:26Z")
Laugh while you can, monkey boy! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-warp-drive-capable-ship-enter-and-then-exit-the-event-horizon-of-a-black-hole/976333/26 "2022-12-14T19:44:01Z")
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