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cstanleytech

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4. Whats your opinion on antimatter as a potential power source like they use in scifi shows?

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Apr 3, 2021, 08:08 AM

Apr 2021

To be honest from what I have read we will probably never see that happening as it seems to take a ton of energy to produce even a little bit of it so it does not seem viable to me but I was wondering what your take on the research into for that purpose.

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Laser Cooling of Antihydrogen. [View all] NNadir Apr 2021 OP

Knowing that there are good people as intelligent as you are makes me feel Atticus Apr 2021 #1

Thank you very much for your kind words, but the reality is... NNadir Apr 2021 #3

Agreed even though his knowledge goes way over my head LOL cstanleytech Apr 2021 #5

This paper will be shot down as fake. AZ8theist Apr 2021 #2

Whats your opinion on antimatter as a potential power source like they use in scifi shows? cstanleytech Apr 2021 #4

That's way out there, and probably not thermodynamically sound. NNadir Apr 2021 #6