Is The Anti-Matter Rocket The Ultimate Engine? @scottmanley

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Travelling between stars requires the rockets with exhaust velocities that are a significant fraction of the speed of light, and that's the kind of speeds you get when you harness the power of E=mc^2 and convert matter into energy.
That's what Eugener Sanger was thinking when he proposed the antimatter rocket in the 1950's, but his vision of a rocket driven by an intense beam of photons is not the reality of what's possible with antimatter.
Assuming you can solve the problems of creating and storing antimatter the power and scale of the propulsion systems involved can reach scales that make sci-fi starships look small.

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$Is The Anti-Matter Rocket The Ultimate Engine? Get 10 Free Meals and your first box ship free with code SCOTTMANLEYFM at https://bit.ly/4c6zKxV! Thumbnail image by https://x.com/nosusuishinv2 Travelling between stars requires the rockets with exhaust velocities that are a significant fraction of the speed of light, and thats the kind of speeds you get when you harness the power of E=mc^2 and convert matter into energy. Thats what Eugener Sanger was thinking when he proposed the antimatter rocket in the 1950s, but his vision of a rocket driven by an intense beam of photons is not the reality of whats possible with antimatter. Assuming you can solve the problems of creating and storing antimatter the power and scale of the propulsion systems involved can reach scales that make sci-fi starships look small. Follow me on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/DJSnM I have a discord server where I regularly turn up: https://discord.gg/zStmKbM If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley$

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