In extremely small amounts – extremely, extremely, extremely small amounts – getting caught up at the Van Allen Belts. Still, as energy sources go it doesn’t get any more efficient than antimatter – besides, any information on how to stably store antimatter ‘naturally’ for any length of time would be handy when it comes time for us to do it artificially.
So I guess that we better write all of this down for the benefit of the next civilization that decides to have a manned space program, so that they can properly exploit this information. I hope that they like human rights!
Via Instapundit.
Moe Lane
PS: Nooooooo, I don’t think that I would quite trust private space development with antimatter quite yet, thanks.
I’d trust a private firm with antimatter before I’d trust the BATFE. Or DEA. Or…
Seriously. You’re going to trust antimatter to BHO, Pelosi, Reid, KERRY? I think I’d take my chances with Gates, Jobs, Wynn, etc.
Hell, I’d trust a toddler with antimatter before I’d trust Pelosi, Reid, or Kerry.
You sure about that, Rob? I’m not clear which would be more likely to try to eat some.
My money’s on Kerry…
Hmmm… in the amounts they’ve found in orbit, I think they most you’d be able to do by eating it is blow your own head off…
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Win-win for any of the three, I think. I may have to change my position on this…
Rob, that sounds like angry, right wing, hate filled, violent rhetoric.