Editing Antimatter rocket (section)

{{short description|Rockets using antimatter as their power source}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2007}}

[[File:Antimatter Rocket.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A proposed antimatter rocket]]
{{Antimatter}}
An '''antimatter rocket''' is a proposed class of [[rocket]]s 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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Schmidt|first=George|title=62nd International Astronautical Congress 2011 : (IAC 2011) : Cape Town, South Africa, 3-7 October 2011.|publisher=International Astronautical Federation|others=International Astronautical Federation.|year=2012|isbn=978-1-61839-805-5|location=Paris|pages=6792–6812|chapter=Nuclear Systems for Space Power and Production|oclc=795367347}}</ref>