Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Is Elon Musk's SpaceX Secretly Working On An Antimatter Propulsion System?

 From Futurism:

In Cryptic Tweet, Elon Musk Refers to Antimatter-Powered Rockets

Yes Man

SpaceX’s Starship is powered by methane. Its Falcon 9 runs on highly refined kerosene known as RP-1.

But if a new tweet means anything, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk already has his eyes set on a much higher-tech rocket fuel: antimatter.

In a reply to a post about antimatter rockets — hypothetical spacecraft that would be powered by antimatter — Musk tweeted just two words: “Ultimately, yes.”

Nothing Antimatters

In science fiction, antimatter is often suggested as a fuel or even a weapon for futuristic spacecraft....

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