[extropy-chat] (Link) Antihydrogen Propulsion

[Hara Ra]

I tried Frink, couldn't get it to work for me. So, basics:

1 Kg matter by E=Mc^2 gives 10^17 Joules
1 Kiloton TNT gives 4 x 10 ^ 12 Joules
1 mg Matter gives 10^11 Joules, 2mg (1mg H x 1mg AntiH) gives 2 x 10^11 Joules

1 mg AntiMatter leads to 50000 grams of TNT. BlockBuster Bomb size.

I checked my comments about Nuclear Reactors, way off. Sorry.

Anyway, 1g or more antimatter is serious stuff.
Thanks for corrections.

At 12:23 AM 10/25/2004, you wrote:

>Hara Ra wrote:
> > A few basics to consider:
> >
> > 1) 1 milligram of anti H2 is 2 mg of energy, approx 1KiloTon of
> > explosive energy here. This is considerably MORE than the worst possible
> > nuclear plant breakdown, say Chernobyl, involving an order less energy
> > over much longer time.
>
>    No, you're not even close.  2 milligrams is equal to 0.04 kilotons of TNT,
>or about the amount of energy in 1300 gallons of gasoline.
>
>    Try using Frink:
>
>    http://futureboy.homeip.net/fsp/frink.fsp
>
>    Enter:
>
>    2 mg c^2 -> kilotons TNT
>or
>    2 mg c^2 -> gallons gasoline
>
> > Point is, once we get beyond micrograms, the facility must be space based.
>
>    Should my local gas station be space-based too, considering?
>
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