Why we should use Antimatter in Propulsion.

1. Why we should use Antimatter in Propulsion. By Nicholas Meyer IT IS SOOOOOOO NOT A WASTE OF OUR TIME!!!!!!

2. The Issue • There are 4 main points of skepticism among the science community. • 1.We cannot generate enough antimatter to use in propulsion. • 2.Our facilities cannot generate enough antimatter for propulsion. • 3.It cannot have any use because of the limited quantities.

3. What is Antimatter? Antimatter is the opposite of matter. In other words, each particle has it’s own antiparticle. If antimatter touches regular matter, then

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5. Why use Antimatter in Propulsion? 1 kg of Antimatter reacts with 1 kg of matter will generate reactions equivalent to 43 megatons of TNT. Antimatter release all of it’s energy compared to fission which only releases 3%of it’s energy. This is the reason why Fission bomb was inefficient.

7. Misconception Number 1 People believe that antimatter is impossible to use because of quantity limitations. People believe that all propulsion concepts run on antimatter like star treks warp core. The realistic concepts run on Anti-proton catalyzed microfission/fusion.

8. What is Antproton-Catalyzed Microfission/Fusion? ACMF utilizes Antiprotons in order to initiate fission. This will allow fission to initiate fusion which will create thrust . Basically it uses a similar process to the Hydrogen bomb. This is the unmanned AIMSTAR designed by Penn State University which uses AMCF

9. Who Cares!!! • A single gram of antiprotons would have yield a cost of $ 62.5 trillion dollars. • By using AMCF, we only need 140 nanograms inorder to go to Mars. • There are 1,000,000 nanograms in a gram. • This is very significant reduction in the amount of Antimatter we need.

10. Misconception 2 • Some Scientist believe that our facilities cannot produce the required amount of antiprotons. • However, We see current facilities improving antimatter production.

11. Fermilab • Fermilab is located Batavia which is near Chicago , Illinois • The Lab was founded in 1967.

12. Fermilab accelerator • It is the world’s second largest particle accelerator. (next to CERN laboratory located in Geneva, Switzerland). • While Fermilab cannot produce the needed amounts yet, • They had made improvements to their production facilities.

13. New Main Reactor Injector • Fermilab has added a new main reactor • It delivers protons for antiproton production. • It accelerates protons. • It accelerates antiprotons coming from the antiproton source. • This new injector brings antimatter production up to 14 ng by the next year.

14. The New Recycle Ring • A new recycle ring was also contructed. • It brought Antiproton production up to 100ng range • After these improvements are made, The production cost would be as high as $60 million. • This is huge price reduction!!!

15. Misconception 3 • We see proof in medical field. • Antimatter is used in what is known as Positron Emission Tomography.

16. What PET Does Do? • Medical technicians create fluorodeoxyglucose or FDG for short. • They attach the flourine to glucose. • They cause the flourine to decay to produce positrons.

17. What Does Pet Do? Part 2 • The FDG will be injected into the patient. • The glucose will be absorbed by the tumors and organs. • The positrons will react with the electrons in the tumors. • This will give off gamma rays which will be caught by the detector . • PET scans can detect cancer in it’s early stages.

18. Conclusion • We see have seen that new engine concept reduce the amount of antimatter. • We see that facilities have increased production capabilities • We have seen uses in the medical field.

19. My Opinion • I think that we should continue to research antimatter as method of propulsion because we have made tremendous jumps in antimatter production. • We have also seen how beneficial antimatter is

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