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Old 18-February-2006, 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Astrowannabe
If you see him falling into a black hole, and 1000 years later you still see him falling into the black hole that's because he's still falling into the blackhole. He hasn't crossed the event horizon yet, in either your reference frame or his.
Not correct. He appears to have not crossed the event horizon as seen by the distant observer, but he certainly does & will cross the event horizon in his own reference frame. His failure to cross the event horizon is only an illusion.
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