Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.
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The essential point we want to make is that interstellar travel, far from being easy, presents problems for which we do not have valid solutions.Barney Oliver
The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter move at a substantial fraction of the speed of light.
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The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate the stars.
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The known methods of producing anti-protons require, for their formation, millions of times the energy they will release when they contact protons.
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Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.
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This allows us to believe that some-day, when our technology is up to the task, the cost of interstellar travel will drop dramatically.
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