6 Jun
2011
6 Jun
'11
2:08 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:04 PM, <rcs@xmission.com> wrote:
The physicist Robert Forward proposed anti-hydrogen as fuel for a starship engine. He needed 4g of anti-H2, to be annihilated and mixed with tons of regular matter (reaction mass), to travel to Alpha Centauri at a respectable fraction of c. The fuel is expensive, but has a wonderful specific impulse.
A timely observation, given DARPA's recent request for ideas on how to set up a self-sufficient agency to work on "interstellar flight in 100 years"! https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ad1728884c2dc05a344e330... --Michael -- Forewarned is worth an octopus in the bush.