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   High-Performance Interstellar Engines   
   30 Mar 17 07:20:57   
   
   From: sungjunnoh0802@gmail.com   
      
   I was creating that 30,000 ton interstellar starship when I came upon a   
   decision:   
      
   I (obviously) wanted a high-performance engine when I came up with an   
   interesting engine:   
      
   Antimatter Plasma or Antimatter-Powered Nuclear Pulse   
      
   So, the way that the Antimatter Pulse would work is:   
      
   there is a pusher-plate, and 2 coilguns on either side of the plate launch a   
   piece of matter and antimatter to below the center of the plate instead of   
   nukes coming off the back.   
      
   Basically super-high tech ol' boom boom.   
      
   I could try to calculate the newtons/joule but I don't know how to do that.   
   Using e=mc^2 would work but without being able to do the first part, its   
   useless.   
      
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