Short biographical sketches of the principal scientists involved in this antimatter reseach. More participants will be added as they join the adventure!

Experimental studies aimed at eventually pulling antiprotons out of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory ("Fermilab") took place as early as 2000. Initially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, a series of companies located in Newport Beach, CA continued funding through 2001.

This was our first research job on the subject of antimatter propulsion. It was a grant from the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts ("NIAC") awarded toHbar Technologies, LLC. The concept envisioned a depleted uranium sail, with the antimatter used to spark fission events on the sail surface. The proposed mission was to send an unmanned probe out to the Kuiper Belt.

While Phase I of this research funded the basic science behind an antimatter-driven sail, Phase II was granted by NIAC to experimentally investigate one of the open issues that was raised. Unfortunately, due to the abbreviated funding from NIAC, this investigation was never completed.

Antimatter is a combination of antiprotons, antineutrons, and antielectrons (called positrons). While positron production is a relatively straightforward application of accelerator physics, antiproton production is a slow and energy-intensive endeavour. In 2005 Fermilab was by far the most copious site for antiproton production in the world. In this NIAC-funded research the collection of antiprotons produced by natural collisions between the solar wind andcosmic rays was studied.

While working on antimatter-driven space propulsion, we developed the concepts for numerous other antimatter applications, including medical treatments, medical diagnosis, and the detection of smuggled nuclear materials. These applications required a means by which to transport antiprotons. Starting in 2005 this DARPA-funded research studied the use of a special bottle for the transport of antiprotons into space to detect orbiting nuclear warheads.