To: neverdem
Other Livermore officials warned of a parallel to the Superconducting Supercollider, a proposed 54-mile particle accelerator that Congress killed in 1993 after spending $2 billion. Some physicists regard its fate as a symbol of the erosion of the nation's scientific standing. IMHO, one of the great scientific blunders of the 20th century. Fortunately we were able to get the Gravity Probe-B off the ground. That was a close call.
14 posted on
07/03/2005 10:16:13 PM PDT by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: RadioAstronomer
No fusion projects. No supercolliders.
Outsource all our science to china, I suppose.
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15 posted on
07/03/2005 10:23:05 PM PDT by
Crazieman
(6-23-2005, Establishment of the United Socialist States of America)
To: RadioAstronomer
IMHO, one of the great scientific blunders of the 20th century. Fortunately we were able to get the Gravity Probe-B off the ground. That was a close call. Gravity Probe B is one of the longest running government projects ever, going back almost to the beginning of NASA. What do you think the measurements will show? I don't think there'll be any surprises as frame dragging has already been measured, I believe by observing a pulsar.
That said, scientists need to learn how to build projects in multiple congressional districts with influential representatives.
48 posted on
07/04/2005 3:55:33 AM PDT by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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