Black Hole Life Preserver: Don’t get sucked in without one

As anyone falling into a black hole would tell you–if only they could–the trip ends badly.

LIFE PROLONGER. A “life preserver” of charged matter would allow an object to venture further inside a black hole than otherwise possible before being ripped apart. D. Berry/STScI, S. Norcross

Actually, for all but the last moment, things would be fine.