On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:46:59 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:
On Saturday, 15 December 2018 03:42:36 UTC-5, Paul Schlyter wrote:
On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:30:09 -0800 (PST), RichA
wrote:
Yes, it did facilitate providing proof of the Higgs, but hasn't
done anythi=
ng since then. Begs the question if building an even larger,
costlier line=
ar accelerator. LHC is down now, getting a power upgrade.
Still,
spending=
$15B and finding something (the Higgs) is better than to have
spend $150 b=
illion for nothing (ISS).

It's wrong to say we've got nothing from the ISS. Haven't you
seen
some of the many beautiful videos from there? It has also given
good
training in international cooperation. And it has given Americans
the
valuable insight that they are not always best at everything, now
that they are forced to rely on Russia to get their astronauts to
and
from the ISS and have been so for almost 8 years.

You may of course argue if what we got from the ISS is worth the
cost
or not. But it's just plain wrong to say we got absolutely
nothing
from the ISS.

Add up all the positives and divide into $150 billion. Then divide
the $150 billion by any other worthwhile public projects you can
think of.

Doing that may produce a result you think is too small, but it will
still be larger than zero.