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Am I making a mistake here? — 4/20/2006 11:57:43 AM (archived)

10 mg if converted into kinetic energy with 100% efficiencey is ~900 billion Joules...

Is that really enough for a sizeable Mars mission? a 1 kiloton explosion is 1 trillion joules...

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To Mars on a dream, and Positrons... - nick hoffman - 4/18/2006 1:27:10 AM
- 10 mg?! - R.L. - 4/19/2006 5:10:25 AM
  - Sorry, meant to say 1kT=4.66 trillion joules... (n/t) - R.L. - 4/20/2006 11:58:48 AM
  - Wait a moment.... - Am I making a mistake here? - 4/20/2006 11:57:43 AM
    - It's not much really... - Adam - 4/20/2006 12:08:42 PM
      - 8.8 MegaCoulombs - Adam - 4/20/2006 12:13:09 PM
        
        GRRRR I was wrong... - R.L. - 4/20/2006 12:36:50 PM
        
        hmmmm, I will redo my calculation... - R.L. - 4/20/2006 12:25:34 PM
  - very carefully (n/t) - Adam - 4/19/2006 11:22:31 AM
    - Hah hah - R.L. - 4/20/2006 3:38:06 AM
      - We can start practicing on electrons. - alcaray - 4/21/2006 3:47:47 PM
      - re: Hah hah - Chris Vancil - 4/21/2006 5:58:23 AM
- 1st time i've seen a cost on producing the anti-matter - Sawyer - 4/18/2006 12:09:12 PM
  - Penn State has done an outline for a 10,000 AU mission. - Lee - 4/18/2006 7:08:39 PM
    - re: Penn State has done an outline for a 10,000 AU mission. - ljk - 4/24/2006 3:15:27 PM
- Sorry, public link below - nick hoffman - 4/18/2006 8:40:39 AM
- Like this one - Adam - 4/18/2006 3:11:36 AM
- A public link would be nice (n/t) - Adam - 4/18/2006 3:03:12 AM
  - re: A public link would be nice - et - 4/18/2006 4:03:30 AM
    - This Centauri Dreams article links to NIAC page - ljk - 4/19/2006 2:38:13 PM
      - Antimatter's Advantage - and the catch - ljk - 4/20/2006 6:59:01 PM
        
        I posted the same link above. - Lee - 4/21/2006 5:24:00 AM
        
        Antimatter from Microscopic Black Holes - ljk - 4/21/2006 3:47:11 PM

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