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The antimatter exhaust could be aimed by putting matter behind it, but it would erode the matter. Better to have it in an electromagnetic field (torus + magneti
by peterburkimsher 2y ago
The antimatter exhaust could be aimed by putting matter behind it, but it would erode the matter. Better to have it in an electromagnetic field (torus + magnetic monopole) so it doesn't touch the matter.
Those electromagnets would need power too, so I guess a battery or RNG (nuclear) solution could be used.
What concerns me most is the radiation risk of travelling close to light speed. Surely we'd pass by some ionising radiation, or weakly-interacting neutrinos.
I suppose the only way to be sure is to build a prototype and try it.
- Animats 2y ago> I suppose the only way to be sure is to build a prototype and try it. Not in our planet's back yard. Maybe behind the moon.
- kelnos 2y ago> What concerns me most is the radiation risk of travelling close to light speed. Surely we'd pass by some ionising radiation, or weakly-interacting neutrinos. It's much worse than that. At those speeds, the cosmic background radiation would get blue-shifted to the point that you'd be constantly bathed in x-rays and gamma rays.