Future of Antimatter Production

[Byrd]

I'm just wondering when this paper says "travel interstellar space to nearby stars in a matter of weeks" what they really mean. That's the claim that stood out.

That's kinda why I brought it up. They left it unsaid which relative viewpoint only experiences a week. If they mean mission control, I'm at a loss in my nerdy armchair.

Are they going to use an antimatter drive to open up a wormhole, and is it similar to creating a black hole?

You can't accelerate up to the speed of light and then break it, no matter how much power you use, so you gotta move around space/time.

Einstien's been right so far. So can we create an Einstein-Rosen Bridge like a black hole with a white hole? And can you construct an antimatter drive or even laser capable of creating one? Is the distance between black hole and white hole controlled by the amount energy used to create it?

Stargate made up an element called "Naquadria" to open up "hyperspace windows" and Star Trek used a reaction between "deuterium" and "antideuterium", modulated with a "dilithium crystal" to achieve "warp speed."

They opened this line of questioning by saying the implications of antimatter is propulsion for interstellar travel.

It's interesting to think about how that would affect families and relationships and jobs.  One scientist friend of mine says that it would be kinder to first send robots instead, since they wouldn't mourn the loss of friends and families... and I think he has a reasonable point (although I would love to go to space and travel to the stars!)

Anyway, I think that practical near light drives are more than 50 years aheadh.  I could be wrong, but that's my guess.