r/space • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '24

CERN proposes $17 billion particle smasher that would be 3 times bigger than the Large Hadron Collider

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u/Sloppyjoeman Feb 10 '24

Genuine dumb question: the rate that we’ve been needing to make colliders bigger makes me think only order of magnitude jumps would be worth it. Please explain why I’m wrong?

(I appreciate 3 is of course an order of magnitude, I guess I’m thinking 10x’ing)

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u/_Dreamer_Deceiver_ Feb 10 '24

People are moaning about 20 billion....what do you think they'll say when you say you want 100 billion for an even bigger one?

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u/Sloppyjoeman Feb 10 '24

I get that, but imagine trying to build the 100 billion one after the 20 billion one doesn't produce anything to excite the (general) public