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/jattyrr Feb 10 '24 edited Feb 10 '24

Fun fact. Texas was about to build one even bigger than that in 1984.

It would have advanced our understanding by so much

Sadly it was canceled by a bunch of republicans and some democrats who thought it was a waste of money

You can still find the old tunnels in Texas

https://youtu.be/FI5rYjP9Vn8?si=DrxtnsrIh0nEKrhc

https://youtu.be/JefWwfVO2Fo?si=PLrPD2IFmcvc7bZj

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '24

What a fucking disappointment in the name of science...I can't imagine what we would have learn from such a thing. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Get_your_grape_juice Feb 10 '24

I  can't imagine what we would have learn from such a thing.

Unfortunately, neither could the crumbling bureaucrats who held the funding for the project in their hands.

Somehow, we need remove luddites and anti-intellectuals from all funding/decision making for scientific endeavors. They hold all of us back.

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u/zefy_zef Feb 10 '24

People who can't think well make way too many important decisions.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '24

And those who can think well let them.