XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.astro, sci.physics   
   From: jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com   
      
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   rgregoryclark@gmSPAMBLOACKail.com says...   
   >   
   > Extremely tiny amounts of antimatter have been contained for very sort time   
   > periods. I don't see how these methods that require an entire laboratory can   
   > be extended to a tiny craft which would require very small amounts of   
   > antimatter, or for large craft that would require large amounts of   
   > antimatter stored for long periods.   
      
   Agreed.  And even if it could be contained, getting any useful thrust   
   out of it without blowing up the tiny craft would be even more   
   challenging tech (I'd say orders of magnitude more difficult than   
   containment).  This is because you'd have to extract the smallest amount   
   of antimatter from the containment without disturbing the rest of the   
   antimatter in storage.  Tricky, tricky, tricky...   
      
   Jeff   
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