Antimatter rocket

A proposed antimatter rocket

An antimatter rocket is a proposed class of rockets that use antimatter as their power source. There are several designs that attempt to accomplish this goal. The advantage to this class of rocket is that a large fraction of the rest mass of a matter/antimatter mixture may be converted to energy, allowing antimatter rockets to have a far higher energy density and specific impulse than any other proposed class of rocket.[1]

  1. ^ Schmidt, George (2012). "Nuclear Systems for Space Power and Production". 62nd International Astronautical Congress 2011 : (IAC 2011) : Cape Town, South Africa, 3-7 October 2011. International Astronautical Federation. Paris: International Astronautical Federation. pp. 6792–6812. ISBN 978-1-61839-805-5. OCLC 795367347.