Since everything is made up of electrical energy, it seems perfectly sensible that mass can be transported. Atoms make up everything. Atoms are electrons, protons and neutrons spinning. Not touching each other. Simply arranged differently to present a ‘mass’. Mind blowing when you think of the details.
Yes, aside from the energy requirements of converting mass to energy and back again, there is also the massive problem of reconstituting the information by which the particles are rearranged to duplicate the original object. Don't try it on anything living, however.
Since everything is made up of electrical energy, it seems perfectly sensible that mass can be transported. Atoms make up everything. Atoms are electrons, protons and neutrons spinning. Not touching each other. Simply arranged differently to present a ‘mass’. Mind blowing when you think of the details.
Yes, aside from the energy requirements of converting mass to energy and back again, there is also the massive problem of reconstituting the information by which the particles are rearranged to duplicate the original object. Don't try it on anything living, however.
It almost always works on Star Trek…