Originally posted here by problemchild
I'm not much of a physicist (as should be apparent from this post ) and this may be a retarded question, but I've always wondered..... if matter and antimatter annihilate each other on contact, what do they use to contain the antimatter particles?

I agree with 4MidgetHitmen that we'll see antimatter bombs LONG before we see any starships. It's the nature of humans.

"You know, your species has the most amazing capacity for self-deception, matched only by its ingenuity in trying to destroy itself." Doctor Who, Remembrance of the Daleks

Simple....A magnetic Field