"Rich" wrote in message
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They could have built 4 colliders for the same cost as the white
elephant in space. Hey Americans, remember the Superconducting
Supercollider? Too bad you abandoned it to the prairie dogs.

But the SSC would have cost as much as the ISS. LHC benefitted from
- an existing hole in the ground
- not being paid by USA taxpayers

ISS does other things. Just like Hubble does other things.