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Subject: Re: Phasers, and Photon Torp
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Date: Sun, 23-Mar-86 15:21:50 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 23 15:21:50 1986
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In article <305@agrigene.UUCP>, buchbind@agrigene.UUCP says:
     
>        Since most everything in the galaxy is made of matter, why
>include matter in antimatter bombs?
     
     Beacause space is largely vacuum.  There's too little matter in space for
a decent amount of the antimatter to react with (i.e., not a big enough boom).
Even if the bomb struck the ship itself (which would only happen if the shields
were completely gone), there would still be a pretty small concentration of
the stuff making contact with the surface of the ship.
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