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.