Anti-matter

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> > On 18-Jun-02 at 10:37, steve@pugh.net (steve@pugh.net) wrote:

This is true but you can create the antimatter at a solar power station or
some such, and then ship 10,000 of the 5 gram mines in a 50kg box a lot more
conveniently than shipping around a solar power

> On 19 Jun 2002 at 21:11, K.H.Ranitzsch wrote:

> A bit late in answering...

> On 21-Jun-02 at 09:10, steve@pugh.net (steve@pugh.net) wrote:

Flipping a small amount of matter to anti-matter, which does not
violate conservation of energy, is much less of a stretch for
me than FTL or anti-gravity or...

> On 20 Jun 2002 at 20:19, Laserlight wrote:

> > > On 18-Jun-02 at 10:37, steve@pugh.net (steve@pugh.net) wrote:

Yes, that's how Star Trek creates the anti-matter fuel for its
starships. But I was pointing out the flaw in the post that said that you
could create the AM in the mine itself. Which was in turn an attempt to get
around the preceived problem of carrying AM around (i.e. the need for,
probably detectable, magnetic fields and hence a power source; and the risk of
premature explosion).

Roger Books schrieb:
> Flipping a small amount of matter to anti-matter, which

It would violate conservation of electric charge (negative electrons to
+ charged positrons, for example) and a number of other pretty
well-proven conservation laws.

Greetings

steve@pugh.net schrieb:
> Which was in turn an attempt to get around the preceived problem of

With a lot of PSB, you could use permanent magnets to form the field -
no power source. Magnetic fields can be shielded, so there would not have to
be much PSB for that part.

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