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Yes, but the only ways we know to generate antimatter require a lot of energy. Theoretically it could be an incredibly energy dense "battery" for spaceships or

Yes, but the only ways we know to generate antimatter require a lot of energy. Theoretically it could be an incredibly energy dense "battery" for spaceships or whatever though.

User23 5y ago
It’s expensive too[1]. “Right now, antimatter is the most expensive substance on Earth, about $62.5 trillion a gram ($1.75 quadrillion an ounce).” [1] https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/1999/prop12apr99_1 https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/1999/p...
- h2odragon 5y ago
  Of course they really nail you on the shipping and handling fees.
  - dukwon 5y ago
    They're genuinely working on being able to deliver it in the back of a van: https://home.cern/news/news/physics/cern-approves-two-new-experiments-transport-antimatter https://home.cern/news/news/physics/cern-approves-two-new-ex...
- opportune 5y ago
  Humans use positrons all the time though, it just turns out (anti)leptons have extremely low mass relative to their usefulness.