Antimatter Propulsion

A project in West Chicago, IL by Gerald Jackson
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Previously funded by NASA, we are continuing the design and testing of an antimatter thruster capable of reaching 10% lightspeed.
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Backers: 57
Average Pledge Per Backer: $150

Funded: $8,522 of $200,000
Dates: Oct 15th -> Nov 14th (31 days)
Project By: Gerald Jackson
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When at First You Do Not Succeed ...

November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, there are 15 hours left and we made 2% of our goal.  We were clearly overly optimistic and we made lots of rookie mistakes.  Some of our big mistakes were: Contracting with local help to provide social media support Hiring professional social... (Read More)

The Antimatter Production Issue

November 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
When a person in the general public first finds out about our antimatter propulsion campaign, their initial reaction is often "Can we make antimatter?"  Our standard response is that humanity has already been able to produce 2 nanograms per year at... (Read More)

Pluto Fly-by May Have Found Clouds

October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
In our last update we talked about the need for deceleration and orbital insertion around the destination star and/or planet.  The basis for the argument is the short time available during a fly-by and the limited utility of instrumentation at a... (Read More)

Relativistic Planetary Fly-by

October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
While planning this campaign we began looking at the mission requirements for an interstellar trip to a nearby solar system.  The purpose of this trip would be to send back information that would provide data for the planning of subsequent missions.... (Read More)

Recent Articles

October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
There have been three recent articles written about our campaign.  In Forbes there is a nice follow-up to an article written at the beginning of the year. Original... (Read More)

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