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  1. Newsgroups: sci.space
  2. From: chris@chrism.demon.co.uk (Chris Marriott)
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!chrism.demon.co.uk!chris
  4. Subject: Re: ** BUSSARD RAMSCOOP ** 
  5. Distribution: world
  6. References: <7Pc3wB2w165w@tradent.wimsey.bc.ca>
  7. Organization: None
  8. Reply-To: chris@chrism.demon.co.uk
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  11. Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 22:42:18 +0000
  12. Message-ID: <726619338snz@chrism.demon.co.uk>
  13. Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk
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  15. In article <7Pc3wB2w165w@tradent.wimsey.bc.ca> lord@tradent.wimsey.bc.ca writes:
  16.  
  17. >(if necessary) it might pipe protons out of the stream.  Thirdly, if we 
  18. >were to STORE the antimatter, how would it be stored?  I have seen methods
  19. >for plasma, but can't seem to find antimatter storage.  
  20. >
  21. >Any response welcome...
  22. >
  23. >                                                Jason Cooper
  24. >
  25.  
  26. Storing antimatter should (in principle at least) be quite straightforward.
  27. Assuming it's charged, you can both store it and move it using
  28. magnetic fields.
  29.  
  30. Chris
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  33. | Chris Marriott                           | chris@chrism.demon.co.uk    |
  34. | Warrington, UK                           | BIX: cmarriott              |
  35. | (Still awaiting inspiration              | CIX: cmarriott              |
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