NASA Researching Antimatter Engines

dbolger writes: "CNN has a story about how scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama are researching ways to use antimatter to fuel missions to Mars and beyond within the next 50 years. It very light on technical details, but does give an interesting look at current and future potential uses of antimatter."

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[nyteroot]

actually, that does bring up a valid point:
NASA built a portable trap to store antimatter. It hopes to use the device to someday transport the volatile material to a rocket launch site.
as an armchair physicist knowing that if matter and antimatter collide, there'll be a massive exploision (understatement), i gotta wonder .. how the fuck are they storing antimatter? magnetics? is antimatter affected by magnetism?