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Comment author: [deleted] 31 December 2012 10:45:08PM 1 point [-]

Femto? Explain.

The black hole idea is interesting. Does it even have to be a black hole? Any big non-functional absorbent mass at the front would do, right? Maybe only a black hole would be reliable...

Maybe not even a mass. If the probe had a magnetic field, you might be able to do things with the bussard ramjet idea to slow you down and control (charged) collisions.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 01 January 2013 05:47:27PM 0 points [-]

not very good but good enough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femtotech

ANd I were just brainstorming, your guess is as good as mine. But yea a tiny neutron star might work.