A few weeks ago the Large Hadron Collider starting smashing together particles to see what would happen. Many scientists hope that very tiny black holes will be created- they will vanish almost instantly and not be any danger, but very helpful to study all the same if they do occur. One author suggests that black holes are critical to the future of mankind. General consensus is that long range space travel would require more fuel than earth can reasonably provide. One theoretical solution is to power starships with the power of tiny black holes. The reasoning as that since black holes produce more energy the smaller they are, an atom sized one would provide incredible energy. At this stage, it is entirely theoretical.
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