From: matus (matus@matus1976.com)
Date: Thu Aug 14 2003 - 21:37:18 MDT
>
> At 05:20 PM 8/14/2003 -0700, Robert Bradbury pointed us to:
> >Gamma-ray weapons could trigger next arms race
> >David Hambling, 13 August 2003
> >NewScientist.com
> >http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99994049
>
> Oh my Gawd. (Mouth hangs open for impolitely long period.)
>
> Within five years thousands of dollars per kilogram makes
> material can suddenly release 50Kg of TNT worth of energy. So
> that's less than a dollar for bullet that releases a truck
> bomb worth of energy on impact? It really is a new millennium.
>
It would also make a phenomenal propulsion system, at an energy storage
denstiy near that of fission, it could propel humanity into space.
Michael Dickey
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