A continuing look at possible technologies using artificial Black Holes as power sources, focusing on spaceship concepts, as well as the impact on SETI. In this video we will examine the basic concept, as well as refueling black holes, using black holes as weapons, and several related concepts.

Previous episodes on Micro-Black Holes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPgLvRNKpI0

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Original Crane-Westmoreland 2009 paper
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0908.1803v1.pdf