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335633
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Post by
MyTie
Edit: not to mention, the complete abscene of any waste byproduct... unlimited power, no waste... sounds
nice
destructive.
With unlimited clean energy, I would do my best to build a spaceship. Then, I would mine an uninhabited planet, building a shell around the planet earth, with energy inputs that matched the solar inputs of the sun, and vents that matched the solar output. I'd have super computers that completely controled in Earth's climate, and made automatic corrections as needed, then I sould mount giant engines to my shell, and propell the earth on a universe wide exploration, where we would meet all sorts of gentle fauna and flora on various planets, letting them sample our delicious cheese. Wiiiiindchiiiiimes.
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335633
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Post by
MyTie
You make it sound so easy.
Why does everything have to be so hard?
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184848
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Post by
HiVolt
Wiiiiindchiiiiimes.
I will never get tired of seeing this.
Post by
Thror
Also, if I remember right it takes a couple million dollars to create a couple of grams of anti-matter. Furthermore, there are other uses for particle accelerators than antimatter generation which are of higher demand.
Grams? Noone has ever created grams. There have been 38 atoms. Where did you take that .__.
Anyway. 38 atoms of antimatter, and they existed for a whooping 0,1 second? Holy $%^&, gotta book a ticket to the Horse Head Nebula for 2012. It is nice to know that they have progressed. But it is still quite far from sounding impressive to me as a laic.
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184848
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MyTie
Nothing there about a gram actually being created, only about how much it would cost to create a gram.
I think it costs quite a bit more than "a few million" to make a few atoms. Production of a few 'grams' is at this point, not possible with humanity's current technology. If you were to set out to attain a few grams of antimatter, you would need to invest several billion to attempt it. To be able to "hold onto" the atoms, you would probably need to invest even more.
Think of it this way:
$1 = Price of a small bag of chips
1G = Price of a beater car
1M = Price of a very nice house
1B = Price of a large business
1T = Price of a country
At this point, price of a gram of antimatter falls between 1B and 1T... maybe closer to 1T
Post by
Pwntiff
universe shattering ka-boom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8rYotiiFP8
I really hope that's what you were going for with that.
I don't know much about antimatter except it's created both naturally and artificially and annihilation is an actual phenomenon.
Personally, I would prefer to see sustained fusion power over antimatter.
Post by
Adamsm
universe shattering ka-boom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8rYotiiFP8
I really hope that's what you were going for with that.But of course.
Post by
Monday
universe shattering ka-boom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8rYotiiFP8
I really hope that's what you were going for with that.But of course.
Heh, /nostalgia. He couldn't compare to the coyote though )=
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184848
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Post by
MyTie
I like how I said a very insightful things with verified sources and people go off on the semantics of the word "couple". No one even considered that I under-exaggerated on purpose or probably even bother to read the rest of my posts.
A simple "I was wrong, thanks for patiently correcting me" sounds a lot more grown up than "I meant to be wrong and your just dumb for not seeing that."
But I can play ball. Let's take a look at your source. I assume you meant this: "Fusion missions would need just micrograms to reach the Oort cloud," the deep freeze of comets beyond the orbit of Pluto, Gerrish said. The antimatter load would cost about $60 million. Reaching the stars would require metric tons.Ok. I can see how you could be led off base here. I like how it is a nasa source, so it's not like this is just some speculative loon. However, this is just that: speculation. Speculation at the price of a few micro grams of antimatter in the distant future, when we plan on flying to the stars. Right now though, anti matter is much more expensive.
Let's take a look at this by example. Let's consider a cannon. How much is a cannon worth today? How much could you charge Julius Ceasar for a cannon, if you could take one back to him at that time?
Right now, to produce a single gram of contained and sustainable antimatter, your looking at HUGE amounts of cash. In a thousand years, you might be able to buy a gram for a hundred bucks, or find some in a cansiter in your basement.
There isn't any need to be defensive. Your numbers were off... way way off. It's a mistake anyone can make.
Post by
mindthegap5
Did you know if everything was made of antimatter we wouldnt see the see the difference, we would look the same. only difference would be electricity would go the other way
Post by
Persen
this may be true (not sure) but keep in mind this wouldn't be something negligable either, the antimatter would still release a good chunk of gamma rays, making whatever amount of region it gets possibly unorthodox or even inhabitable to live in, the question would be how far the effects of these rays would spread.
I'd like to kill a few myths...
1. Gamma rays are photons. They are not radioactive in themselves. They move at the speed of light, meaning they will pass through "any" region in miniscule time.
2. Gamma rays are not neutron radiation. They do not make other matter radioactive.
3. Gamma rays do penetrate the skin and cause damage, mostly as radiation sickness rather than burns. Higher-energy photons, such as those generated from annihilation, are less dangerous since they often pass the body unhindered.
Post by
Pwntiff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray
More specifically: Because they are a form of ionizing radiation, gamma rays can cause serious damage when absorbed by living tissue, and are therefore a health hazard.
Gamma radiation can quite easily kill, but it doesn't leave behind the radioactive fallout of a thermonuclear explosion. I think that's where you were going with that.
Did you know if everything was made of antimatter we wouldnt see the see the difference, we would look the same. only difference would be electricity would go the other way
This is exactly true. Instead of negative elections, it would be positive positrons. Instead of positive protons, it would be negative antiprotons. Antimatter is simply matter with the opposite electric charge.
Post by
Hyperspacerebel
Did you know if everything was made of antimatter we wouldnt see the see the difference, we would look the same. only difference would be electricity would go the other way
This is exactly true. Instead of negative elections, it would be positive positrons. Instead of positive protons, it would be negative antiprotons. Antimatter is simply matter with the opposite electric charge.
While it is true that it would
look
the same, it's a bit speculative to say that they are
simply
the same with the only difference being electrical charge.
Post by
Adamsm
Did you know if everything was made of antimatter we wouldnt see the see the difference, we would look the same. only difference would be electricity would go the other way
This is exactly true. Instead of negative elections, it would be positive positrons. Instead of positive protons, it would be negative antiprotons. Antimatter is simply matter with the opposite electric charge.
While it is true that it would
look
the same, it's a bit speculative to say that they are
simply
the same with the only difference being electrical charge.
Seeing as both go kaboom when they meet their opposite.
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