Cost Antimatter is said to be the most costly substance in existence, with an estimated cost of $62.5 trillion per gram.[12] This is because production is difficult (only a few atoms are produced in reactions in particle accelerators), and because there is higher demand for the other uses of particle accelerators. According to CERN, it has cost a few hundred million Swiss Francs to produce about 1 billionth of a gram.[13] Several NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts-funded studies are exploring whether it might be possible to use magnetic scoops to collect the antimatter that occurs naturally in the Van Allen belts of Earth, and ultimately, the belts of gas giants like Jupiter, hopefully at a lower cost per gram.[14]
Won't the environmentalists object if we deplete the antimatter in space. I've heard they're complaining about the impulse engines on the starships now.
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<< <i>As for Anti Matter, it has negative wieght, so it does not cost per gram... it pays per gram. >>
gram is a measure of matter content, not weight
but your point is good >>
Being a measure of matter content, does it not apply to anti-matter? Is anti-matter measured in anti-grams?
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Antimatter is said to be the most costly substance in existence, with an estimated cost of $62.5 trillion per gram.[12] This is because production is difficult (only a few atoms are produced in reactions in particle accelerators), and because there is higher demand for the other uses of particle accelerators. According to CERN, it has cost a few hundred million Swiss Francs to produce about 1 billionth of a gram.[13]
Several NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts-funded studies are exploring whether it might be possible to use magnetic scoops to collect the antimatter that occurs naturally in the Van Allen belts of Earth, and ultimately, the belts of gas giants like Jupiter, hopefully at a lower cost per gram.[14]