antiproton spaceship!

[H2O]

I need some explanation of how it works.....

[swansont]

I need some explanation of how it works.....

 

You'll need to explain what you're talking about. Antiprotons exist and spaceships exist, but what is an antiproton spaceship? A spaceship made of antiprotons? A spaceship opposed to protons? A spaceship that runs on an antiproton power source of some kind?

[why06]

Hello Im new here,

 

I suppose he is talking about an antiproton powered spacecract since all the others would not make sense, but who knows maybe he wants his craft to instantly annihilate

[young-albert]

anti proton spaceship.....hmmmmmmmmm..let me think....you cannot make one as your spaceship will be destroyed immediatly because of the energy of the annihilation of anti proton..anyways,it will take at least 1000 years to see the first anti proton spaceship...

[Rocket Man]

cern was not obliterated on verification of the first anti proton, nor was it demolished when the performed the same anihilation reaction at relativistic speeds.

 

antiproton - proton annihilation releases decay products, mostly light.

basically, you're expelling energy out the back.

 

i didn't beleive it at first, but a fixed energy equivalent of propellant (kinetic energy included) will provide momentum directly proportional to the velocity.

http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24521

 

if you can get a fixed energy equivalent of propellant moving at c (regardless of it's rest mass), the momentum of the space ship will behave like the mass of decay products were accelerated to c under newtonian dynamics.

(until of course you reach an appreciable velocity, in which case you can take a new refrence frame and start over)

[swansont]

antiproton - proton annihilation releases decay products, mostly light.

basically, you're expelling energy out the back.

 

The net momentum of an annihilation reaction is zero, so you'll be expelling energy out the front, too. To turn annihilation into propulsion will require some engineering.

[Kojiami]

Umm, you mean a spaceship that is made to fight protons? Why would you want a spaceship for that?

 

 

-.-;; be specific thank you.. -.-;