If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.
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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 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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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.
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Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.
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