http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/01/quark- ... solar.html
Well would one of our resident geniuses like maybe djolds explain how you convert quark matter to antimatter? And if so could you store it on board your ship as quark (strange?) matter and then (cheaply) convert it to antimatter as needed? That would deal with the second problem with antimatter (the 1st being it is insanely expensive to make); it really doesn't produce more practical energy per unit mass than fusion, when you factor in the mass of the storage container. I mean how many thousand pounds of penning trap does it take to store even Nano grams of antimatter? You could store boron 11 in metal powder in 55 gallon drums and hydrogen as ammonia or water, converting as needed.
Quark Matter in the Asteroids of our Solar System
Re: Quark Matter in the Asteroids of our Solar System
Quark matter in some asteroids is highly speculative, probably wrong, but testable.
As for storing boron for a polywell reactor, a fluid boron hydride would seen preferred.
As for storing boron for a polywell reactor, a fluid boron hydride would seen preferred.
The daylight is uncomfortably bright for eyes so long in the dark.