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   Paul F. Dietz to manofsanATyahoo.com   
   Re: Positronium as Hi-Energy Fuel   
   22 Nov 05 21:27:33   
   
   From: dietz@dls.net   
      
   manofsanATyahoo.com wrote:   
      
   > So if positronium could be stored at low-temperature and low-density as   
   > a Bose-Einstein Condensate, then could it be harnessed as a high-energy   
   > power source for a launch vehicle?   
      
   Did you bother to read that article?  Positronium decays far too quickly   
   (< 1 microsecond) to be useful for energy storage.   
      
   	Paul   
      
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