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Aarav Sangar
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Can antimatter-matter be used as a fuel for a rocket?
There are various problems for anti-matter to be used as a fuel as it produces a lot of gamma rays. Gamma rays are not healthy to be around and can penetrate into the engine material.
I believe that positrons(which are also anti-matter) which are anti-electrons can be used as fuel as they produce less gamma rays which can be easily absorbed by lead.
Anti-matter like anti hydrogen should not be used in my opinion as they produce a lot of gamma rays.
But,
Positrons are lot more expensive than anti-hydrogen (like 250 million dollars for 10mg)...
So what in your opinion can be done too make spacecraft s powered by antimatter??
Can antimatter-matter be used as a fuel for a rocket?
There are various problems for anti-matter to be used as a fuel as it produces a lot of gamma rays. Gamma rays are not healthy to be around and can penetrate into the engine material.
I believe that positrons(which are also anti-matter) which are anti-electrons can be used as fuel as they produce less gamma rays which can be easily absorbed by lead.
Anti-matter like anti hydrogen should not be used in my opinion as they produce a lot of gamma rays.
But,
Positrons are lot more expensive than anti-hydrogen (like 250 million dollars for 10mg)...
So what in your opinion can be done too make spacecraft s powered by antimatter??
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