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you have a question you have a question
you got a question on the universe hey
how are you all right so what's on your
mind well I guess I have two questions
Meaghan are the first one what's the
latest in string theory well I just
regret that counselor is 20 questions oh
really oh go on go on and then I was
reading that there was a lot of
development and antimatter engines and
what could that mean as far as getting
us farther in space like string theory
first they're not there yet
second though we have top people working
on that problem but I'm don't hold your
breath on that they're not there yet get
over it
so antimatter you know the stuff is real
it exists we make it all the time and in
particle accelerators and it would be
marvelous to have a matter antimatter
engine for spacecraft there is no
development what have you been reading
do the news
no developments on it whatsoever the
problem is what are you gonna hold the
antimatter here I know you've got a
suitcase to put it yeah heavies a magic
suitcase as you can imagine Potts so
this talk of creating some kind of
magnetic bottle because anything
antimatter comes in contact with if it's
matter it annihilates so the containment
of antimatter is one of the great
challenges of the day and so we can't do
it in huge reactors much less try to do
it on a spaceship with the lives of
astronauts or at stake so it's a long
way in the future if we ever manage to
tame it at all but it's the most
promising flammability there is because
as you know if you bring antimatter in
contact with matter they annihilate
entirely you go from pure matter to pure
energy we know of no more efficient
means of producing it than matter
antimatter
so just enjoy the science fiction you've
been reading ain't gonna happen to me
puss well thank you very much thanks for
your question