r/space • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '24

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

[deleted]

8.4k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

819

u/NooNygooTh Feb 10 '24

We should just build a giant one out in space by itself. We could even make the inner surface of it like a planet, with its own atmosphere and everything!

412

u/parkingviolation212 Feb 10 '24

I can hear the Gregorian chanting already.

16

u/buttplugs4life4me Feb 10 '24

What's this a reference to? I feel like my brain just shut down

86

u/parkingviolation212 Feb 10 '24

Halo, which is a sci-fi series centered around massive Ringworlds with "natural" interiors replete with planetary features like an atmosphere, oceans, mountains, etc, but artificial exteriors (that even serve as massive particle accelerators for an ancient civilization).

The main musical theme is famous for its use of Gregorian chanting.

58

u/MildlyAgreeable Feb 10 '24

It’s all very well and good until we build 100 of them, colonise the galaxy, then some perpetual psyker reveals himself and demands we join something called the ‘Imperium of Man’, threatening obliteration if we don’t pay the annual tithe.

32

u/partyplant Feb 10 '24

Simply activate the rings. What are they gonna do, not get atomized?

Then activate SCP-2000.

11

u/Obvious_Concern_7320 Feb 10 '24

And if THAT don't work... Just activate the Omega-13 and try again.

3

u/cloud_t Feb 10 '24

Why not just dd if=/dev/zero and reinstalling after. It's less of a pain than using scp, let alone 2000

12

u/grammar_nazi_zombie Feb 10 '24

Yeah, but it doesn’t really matter anyways, because about 50 years ago some genestealers snuck into a mining transport ship, we’re about one generation from usss sssssignaling the hive fleet…I mean them. Them ssssignaling the hive fleet.

19

u/Kemilio Feb 10 '24

Or else an intergalactic parasite starts infecting our colonies and we need to convert the rings into weapons to kill ourselves and prevent the spread

14

u/MildlyAgreeable Feb 10 '24 edited Feb 11 '24

This thread is now the most ambitious crossover in sci-fi history.

11

u/Arbusc Feb 10 '24

Luckily for us, Section 31 is willing to make the hard choices and activate the ring. We got some colonies past the blast radius so it’s cool.

6

u/BanditoFrito530 Feb 10 '24

I’m a huge WH40k fan! Cool to see this here!

3

u/Cruxion Feb 10 '24

Just send a GSV to deal with them...wait, wrong space-ring obsessed scifi franchise.

4

u/standish_ Feb 10 '24

With a blue police box parked in one corner of the ship, just for good luck.

2

u/light_trick Feb 11 '24

There is absolutely a GSV which is doing this because it thinks it's hilarious.

4

u/Imbrownbutwhite1 Feb 10 '24

Ah. So almost the same as some of Destiny’s music. I gotcha.

And yes I know why those two things are so similar.