The Futurist, May 1st, 1989
Antimatter Matters
Antimatter fuel allowed 1960s science-fiction starships to boldly go where no man had gone before, but scientist today are convinced that antimatter--specifically, the antiproton--may offer a viable technology for the future.
Antimatter is the mirror image of matter. As far as scientist now know, it only exists on the subatomic level. The antimatter counterparts of subatomic particles--protons, neutrons, and electrons--differ from normal particles in their electrical charge and in the direction of their spin. As a recent RAND Corporation report explains, "Where protons h...
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