The mid-twenty-first century saw the antimatter revolution, in which antimatter technology, and particularly antimatter propulsion, became widely available. Advances in particle physics through the 2030s and 2040s led to the efficient production of antimatter particles. While positrons and antiprotons were created in particle accelerators before, they were never generated in high enough quantities to be of use to the space industry. In the 2040s, stabilized positronium atoms were first contained in magnetic fields, and space agencies soon started experimenting with the applications of antimatter in propulsion.
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| - The mid-twenty-first century saw the antimatter revolution, in which antimatter technology, and particularly antimatter propulsion, became widely available. Advances in particle physics through the 2030s and 2040s led to the efficient production of antimatter particles. While positrons and antiprotons were created in particle accelerators before, they were never generated in high enough quantities to be of use to the space industry. In the 2040s, stabilized positronium atoms were first contained in magnetic fields, and space agencies soon started experimenting with the applications of antimatter in propulsion.
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- Space Tourism Centre; Hotel; Entertainment Centre
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| - Counter-Clockwise from Top Left: Suite in the Sci-Fi Themed Section of Helios Resort, 0G Acrobatics Theatre in Helios, Exterior View of Helios Resort, Tourist Shuttle Approaching Helios, Collision with AL-232, Rescue Workers Evacuating Resort
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| - The mid-twenty-first century saw the antimatter revolution, in which antimatter technology, and particularly antimatter propulsion, became widely available. Advances in particle physics through the 2030s and 2040s led to the efficient production of antimatter particles. While positrons and antiprotons were created in particle accelerators before, they were never generated in high enough quantities to be of use to the space industry. In the 2040s, stabilized positronium atoms were first contained in magnetic fields, and space agencies soon started experimenting with the applications of antimatter in propulsion. Positron beams, produced from a positronium source, were used to heat a central solid core. Liquid propellant was then ducted through this core, and expanded into space, producing momentum. The key advantage of this technology was the specific impulse (efficiency) it provided. Conventional space shuttles had a specific impulse on the order of 4-500 seconds, and often required a quantity of fuel ten times their dry mass. Positron rocketry offered an SI of about 1,500 seconds, however, and thus allowed for far cheaper and more practical spaceships. In the 2050s, launch costs quickly fell from roughly 3,000 USD per kg to less than 100 USD per kg. Space travel soon became a mass market industry as opposed to a form of recreation for the planet's plutocrats, while space hotels expanded from small stations to sprawling resorts capable of holding thousands of people, due to the cheap cost of putting material in orbit. The Helios Resort was built in the 2060s as the flagship of Hyperspace Industries, an initiative jointly owned by a number of powerful industrial and technological corporations that wished to invest in space tourism. The Helios Project was to offer the most spectacular orbital resort ever seen, and largely met its expectations in this regard.
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