View Full Version : Antimatter Spaceship for Mars Missions
125gJoe
04-19-2006, 2:40 AM
Just how far along is NASA...?
Link: http://www.physorg.com/news64499584.html
________________
Gumby131
04-19-2006, 4:09 AM
interesting
Lobo.
04-20-2006, 11:30 AM
wow... i REALLY hope that they could do this, on the other hand, it could also make a VERY big bomb... and if they can make it into rocket fuel, they will probably end up using it in bombs (and in making electricity) this would mean that if a nuclear bomb converts 3% of matter to energy now, this one would do 100%....
Hannys_Papa
04-20-2006, 12:00 PM
....(and in making electricity) ...
That wouldn't make much sense as it takes way more energy to produce the anti matter than it creates in the reaction.
I think when it comes to solving our energy problem fusion is the key.
are you shure? only a few mililiters and you could go to mars! i'll bet it lets off more energy than it takes to make... but there are a lot of other problems, like the gamma rays!
Hannys_Papa
04-20-2006, 7:51 PM
Yes. Otherwise it would be pursued as a possible energy source - which it is not.
125gJoe
04-21-2006, 4:43 AM
.... but there are a lot of other problems, like the gamma rays!The article says they are trying for no side effects..
"The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) is funding a team of researchers working on a new design for an antimatter-powered spaceship that avoids this nasty side effect by producing gamma rays with much lower energy."
Wonder if we will see this in our lifetimes? A real anti-matter craft...
___________