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		Antimatter is the best post-chemical rocket propulsion system (caseyhandmer.wordpress.com)
		3 points by Klaster_1 on Aug 18, 2024 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

bell-cot on Aug 18, 2024 [–]

If you are writing a certain sort of SF, then "antimatter" is great stuff.

Back in the real world - it looks about as economical as a hand-dug limestone quarry on top of Mt. Everest, and about as safe as nitroglycerine-powered cars.

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