Talk:Black Hole Manipulation/@comment-32122220-20180812054736/@comment-24053170-20180812055204

Actually that only applies to the surface of the black hole, the event horizon is beyond the speed of light.

if the black holes escape velocity was equal to the speed of light, then why doesn't light escape all the time?

Answer: the surface is the only part where that rule is in effect, the event horizon has no limitations. Nothing can escape once you pass the event horizon. it doesn't matter how fast it is, there is no escape velocity anymore at that point.

Your dealing with something that the laws of physics totally break down around, so it doesn't matter how fast your traveling or what your mode of transportation is, the black hole always wins in the end.