As a falling rocket plunges toward an event horizon.....an observer in the falling rocket would say that she h

Question

an observer in the falling rocket would say that she had:
1.slowed down and eventually stopped at the event horizon
2.slowed down and eventually crossed the event horizon at slow speed
3.sped up and eventually crossed the event horizon completely unhindered

Answer 1

The answer your instructor wants is 3.

But, in reality, the observer and her rocket would have been torn to shreds by tidal forces long before they crossed the event horizon.

Doug

Answer 2

Gosh guys... I think the answer is 1. As you near a source of unlimited gravity, time slows down. Since our universe only supports so much gravity before it stops *being* our universe, the limit should be where the escape velocity of a black hole exceeds the speed of light - and that's the event horizon.

But... I could be wrong. It happened once before.

Answer 3

3. An observer on earth, or wherever would say a very slow version of 2.

Remember time is RELATIVE to the observer!

Answer 4

CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE INWARD. THE EVENT HORIZON STOPS THINGS FROM ESCAPING BUT NOT FROM ENTERING. ONCE YOU CROSS THE EVENT HORIZON THERE IS NO RETURN.

Answer 5

Wished she had not missed that turn-off ramp back near Mars!

Answer 6

Yup, 3 is the answer.