• spaceghoti
    +3

    Taking up this challenge, he and his team at Positron Dynamics have filed a patent for a system to "cool down positrons efficiently using cross-magnetic and electric fields in combination with semiconductor material." Having figured out that working on nuclear physics in an office building wasn't the smartest idea, the company moved operations to a nuclear fallout shelter and is working toward launching a shoeboxed-sized satellite into orbit, powered by positrons.

    In other words, we're still a long way from efficiently creating the fuel needed to power this vision.

    • ttubravesrock
      +3

      efficiently being key. We have the technology to do it, but we have to waste 999 out of every 1000 positrons.

      • spaceghoti
        +2

        Yes, I chose my words carefully. :) We can do it, but since 1955 we've barely been able to create enough antimatter to fill an anti-teaspoon.