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From: Kevin W. Plaxco
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 01:47
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 01:47
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In article <C0IB07.BBL@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: >If we mounted a major effort, we could probably be test-firing antimatter >rocket engines within ten years. There are *NO* fundamental barriers that >anyone has been able to find. Electron-positron annilation generates a couple of gamma ray photons. As gama ray photons don't couple well with matter, it would be very difficult to use this energy source to heat reaction mass. Does proton-antiproton anniliation differ? -Kevin
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!adagio.panasonic.com!nntp-server.caltech.edu!kwp From: kwp@wag.caltech.edu (Kevin W. Plaxco) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: *** BUSSARD RAMSCOOP *** Message-ID: <1iimffINNm87@gap.caltech.edu> Date: 8 Jan 93 01:47:27 GMT References: <93007.120340DOCTORJ@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> <C0IB07.BBL@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Lines: 12 NNTP-Posting-Host: sgi1.wag.caltech.edu