Hadron Collider
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This could be in the US right now except we decided we couldn't afford the 10 billion $$$ price tag.
Originally Posted By: nfs480
Well, we kinda can't afford it!
That would be the first thing this government couldn't afford.
Well, we kinda can't afford it!
That would be the first thing this government couldn't afford.
Originally Posted By: Al
This could be in the US right now except we decided we couldn't afford the 10 billion $$$ price tag.
Blowing $10B here and $10B there... pretty soon that starts to run into money.
This could be in the US right now except we decided we couldn't afford the 10 billion $$$ price tag.
Blowing $10B here and $10B there... pretty soon that starts to run into money.
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Al said:
Originally Posted By: Al
This could be in the US right now except we decided we couldn't afford the 10 billion $$$ price tag.
Yep. The Super Collider was to be built in Waxahachie Texas and was to be running by the 1990's but they pulled the plug on it due to several cost over runs. The remains still are standing in near perfect condition. The tunnels are, I believe, about 15 miles long and that's as far as they got when the plug was pulled.
This could be in the US right now except we decided we couldn't afford the 10 billion $$$ price tag.
Yep. The Super Collider was to be built in Waxahachie Texas and was to be running by the 1990's but they pulled the plug on it due to several cost over runs. The remains still are standing in near perfect condition. The tunnels are, I believe, about 15 miles long and that's as far as they got when the plug was pulled.
I just watched a show today....
http://www.nytimes.com/info/large-hadron-collider/
After 16 years and $10 billion, on March 30, 2010, the collider finally began its work of smashing subatomic particles. The day was a milestone — delayed a year and a half by an assortment of technical problems — and brings closer a moment of truth for CERN and for the world's physicists, who have staked their credibility and their careers, not to mention all those billions of dollars, on the conviction that they are within touching distance of fundamental discoveries about the universe. If they fail to see something new, experts agree, it could be a long time, if ever, before giant particle accelerators are built on Earth again, ringing down the curtain on at least one aspect of the age-old quest to understand what the world is made of and how it works.
http://www.nytimes.com/info/large-hadron-collider/
After 16 years and $10 billion, on March 30, 2010, the collider finally began its work of smashing subatomic particles. The day was a milestone — delayed a year and a half by an assortment of technical problems — and brings closer a moment of truth for CERN and for the world's physicists, who have staked their credibility and their careers, not to mention all those billions of dollars, on the conviction that they are within touching distance of fundamental discoveries about the universe. If they fail to see something new, experts agree, it could be a long time, if ever, before giant particle accelerators are built on Earth again, ringing down the curtain on at least one aspect of the age-old quest to understand what the world is made of and how it works.
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Quantum physics is the biggest game in town but sadly we don't have time for that.
Let's just agree that everything is made of earth, air, fire and water and call it a day. 8)
Quantum physics is the biggest game in town but sadly we don't have time for that.
Let's just agree that everything is made of earth, air, fire and water and call it a day. 8)
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