Editing Antimatter rocket (section)

===Antimatter power generation===

The idea of using antimatter to power an [[Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion|electric space drive]] has also been proposed. These proposed designs are typically similar to those suggested for [[nuclear electric rocket]]s. Antimatter annihilations are used to directly or indirectly heat a working fluid, as in a [[nuclear thermal rocket]], but the fluid is used to generate electricity, which is then used to power some form of electric space propulsion system. The resulting system shares many of the characteristics of other charged particle/electric propulsion proposals, that typically being high specific impulse and low thrust (see also [http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph240/payzer1/ antimatter power generation]).<ref name=Seitzman>[http://soliton.ae.gatech.edu/people/jseitzma/classes/ae4451/electricpropulsion2.pdf ''Electric Rocket Propulsion: A Background''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805125119/http://soliton.ae.gatech.edu/people/jseitzma/classes/ae4451/electricpropulsion2.pdf |date=2013-08-05 }} Jerry M. Seitzman, 2003-2004</ref><ref name=US20140026535A1>[https://patents.google.com/patent/US20140026535 ''High Specific Impulse Superfluid and Nanotube Propulsion Device, System and Propulsion Method''] Michael Wallace, Joseph D. Nix, Christopher W. Smith, 2014</ref>