Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!eder From: eder@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dani Eder) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Matter Transmission Message-ID: <42@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 11:50:28 EDT Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.42 Posted: Thu Aug 9 11:50:28 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Aug-84 00:47:09 EDT References: <12200@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace, Seattle Lines: 14 [9 August 1984] How about pursuing the idea that matter transmission/duplication is possible, but very energy intensive. An obvious figure is the energy content of the mass sent/copied, i.e. E=mc^2. The US electrical generating capacity is something like 6 grams/second. What cargo/product would justify that? This works out to roughly $14,000 a gram. A five carat (one gram) diamond just about is worth that much. Not much else is. Certain rare postage stamps, a few radioactive isotopes. Anyone have ideas on the consequences of this? Dani Eder / Boeing Aerospace Company / ssc-vax!eder