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Design Starting For Matter-Antimatter Collider

Posted by samzenpus on from the dump-the-warp-core dept.

couch_warrior writes "The Register is carrying a story on the early design efforts for the next generation of high-energy particle accelerators. They will be linear, and will collide matter and antimatter in the form of electrons and positrons. The obvious question will be: once we have a matter-antimatter reactor, how long till we have warp drive, and will the Vulcans show up for a sneak-peak?"

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  1. obvious question by JimboFBX · · Score: 4, Funny

    The obvious question will be: once we have a matter-antimatter reactor, how long till we have warp drive, and will the Vulcans show up for a sneak-peak?"

    Maybe in a Star Trek convention...

  2. Re:antimatter by CarpetShark · · Score: 5, Funny

    Antimatter is like matter, but with an opposite electrical charge.

    Kind of like your karma points for that comment ;)

  3. Re:Wrong Question by CarpetShark · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now how can get some antimatter?

    Easy. We can has anticheezeburger. Can removes cheezeburger, put in matter.

  4. Re:Wrong Question by CarpetShark · · Score: 4, Funny

    theoretically, it could be a viable means of taking an enormous amount of energy and storing it in a small place.

    The same effect can be achieved with a swift kick to the nuts.