Scientific Milestone

[jackfengshui]

Scientists around the world today celebrate the news of the likely observation of an elusive elementary particle whose existence is needed to complete our understanding of the physics of matter. It was first postulated in 1964, but its discovery would not have been possible without a new $9-billion laboratory near Geneva and an international collaboration of 6,000 physicists.

You can read about the press report and the scientific details.

[trynagetlaid]

Just curious if you know: how big is the HRC in comparison to the Superconducting Super Collider the DOE was building in Texas before funding was pulled? I can't remember its dimensions.

[jackfengshui]

Originally Posted by trynagetlaid

Just curious if you know: how big is the HRC in comparison to the Superconducting Super Collider the DOE was building in Texas before funding was pulled? I can't remember its dimensions.

The Large Hadron Collider has a circumference of only 17 miles. The Superconducting Super Collider, whose tunnel was already dug before it was cancelled, had a circumference of 54 miles (just a bit shorter than the 64-mile Capital Beltway I-495 around Washington DC).

[trynagetlaid]

A chemical blending company recently bought the SSC site. It's a shame we didn't finish it.

No one seems to listen to our President, or care, when he talks about how far behind we're getting in education and technology.

[offshoredrilling]

Originally Posted by trynagetlaid

A chemical blending company recently bought the SSC site. It's a shame we didn't finish it..

we should have

Originally Posted by trynagetlaid

No one seems to listen to our President, or care, when he talks about how far behind we're getting in education and technology.

I have a answer to that. But lets keep that out of this thread. OK

[jackfengshui]

In general, both political parties share enough blame for our diminishing scientific prowess. On top of that, there have been self-inflicted missteps, such as Reagan's wasteful but futile Strategic Defense Initiative and Bush's ideological opposition to stem cell research.

[GP]

[offshoredrilling]

Originally Posted by jackfengshui

In general, both political parties share enough blame for our diminishing scientific prowess. On top of that, there have been self-inflicted missteps, such as Reagan's wasteful but futile Strategic Defense Initiative and Bush's ideological opposition to stem cell research.

mmmm disagree on Reagan. Agree on Bush.

Obama looks to have killed NASA. yet it was dieing long before him.

now who is that VP burning fuel like a madman telling us not to burn fuel to save the polar bears that are growing in numbers.
Science and Politics not a good mix been true after JFK mostly.
JFK got NASA going. Much was learned with Reagan's star wars that we lack in funds to do. But China can. Good thing China is not Japan. or USA would be like Kodak. dead by its own invention. But in time China could. And we will wish we did.