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Super collider a MUCH better investment than ISS
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. |
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On Sep 10, 9:23*pm, Rich wrote:
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. Apart from the cobblers about the 'deep mysteries of the Universe','new physics' and all the usual party pieces thrown at a wider population ( who probably would like to know how many planets there are in the solar system !) why should the Americans spend money on projects that may have benefits at highly concentrated levels of energy but have no intrinsic astronomical value beyond processes such as stellar evolution. The precepts for this ridiculous sounding 'big bang' are simply celestial sphere extensions of the late 17th century framework with no prizes for guessing where the -every-point-is-the-valid-center coming from - http://www.opencourse.info/astronomy...phere_anim.gif That is what you get when you decide to tie daily rotation directly to a stellar framework and the calendar system,you have thousands of valuable lives wasted on working off an astrological framework and coming up with an expanding balloon Universe. On the bright side,the LHC could produce genuine productive work but not in structural astronomy and that is being fair. |
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"Rich" wrote in message ... 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. |
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OG wrote:
But the SSC would have cost as much as the ISS. LHC benefitted from - an existing hole in the ground Digging the hole would have been the cheap part. - not being paid by USA taxpayers Bzzzzt! The LHC has received at least $531 million in U.S. taxpayer funding to date. ISS does other things. Just like Hubble does other things. Hubble does things other than serve as a telescope? Focuses starlight to cook hot dogs, perhaps? Anyway, this is moot. The American people don't need no stinkin' accelerators or space telescopes to tell them about the Universe. Everything they need to know is in the first chapter of Genesis. Davoud -- usenet *at* davidillig dawt com |
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On Sep 10, 8:40*pm, Davoud wrote:
Hubble does things other than serve as a telescope? Focuses starlight to cook hot dogs, perhaps? Tell that one to Shrub, maybe he'll grant funding for another 20 years. |
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Davoud wrote:
OG wrote: But the SSC would have cost as much as the ISS. LHC benefitted from - an existing hole in the ground Digging the hole would have been the cheap part. And they did start digging the hole, but then the politicians pulled the plug, probably because the SSC wasn't sexy enough to the public. - not being paid by USA taxpayers Bzzzzt! The LHC has received at least $531 million in U.S. taxpayer funding to date. ISS does other things. Just like Hubble does other things. Hubble does things other than serve as a telescope? Focuses starlight to cook hot dogs, perhaps? Anyway, this is moot. The American people don't need no stinkin' accelerators or space telescopes to tell them about the Universe. Everything they need to know is in the first chapter of Genesis. Yup, Palin says so. If she gets in as VP, with the chance that McCain will leave office for medical reasons before he completes his first term at 1 out of 3 odds by some accounts, then God literally help us. --- Dave Davoud |
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On Sep 10, 7:15*pm, "OG" wrote:
"Rich" wrote in message ... 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. That's what I love. Whenever the subject of specific work or (gasp!) results comes up in conjunction with talk of the ISS, all of a sudden the vagueness becomes apparent. |
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On Sep 10, 1:23*pm, Rich wrote:
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. Of course, the scientists pushing the project bear part of the blame for the waste of money. They knew they wouldn't have the votes in Congress once a *location* for the project was decided, with it just barely sneaking through earlier appropriations debates because many representatives hoped it would end up creating jobs in *their* districts. This isn't the fault of the American people, therefore; it's the fault of a structural flaw in the American political system. John Savard |
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On Sep 11, 9:59*pm, Quadibloc wrote:
This isn't the fault of the American people, therefore; it's the fault of a structural flaw in the American political system. John Savard That would be the fatal flaw in democracy where one can only vote for the candidates on offer? Given 6 billion potential candidates to choose from, for the world's most important position, the winner was chosen on the colour of his pet pig's lipstick. In a nationwide TV broadcast the losing candidate admitted his wife's choice of jogging socks had completely wrecked his chances of becoming the next US President. But that he had already forgiven her. She is expected to leave the exclusive Cuban clinic after a few months of intensive water therapy. He said that she had almost regained her confidence in clothes designers and was expected to replace her entire wardrobe by the next election. |
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On Sep 11, 4:06 pm, "Chris.B" wrote:
On Sep 11, 9:59 pm, Quadibloc wrote: This isn't the fault of the American people, therefore; it's the fault of a structural flaw in the American political system. That would be the fatal flaw in democracy where one can only vote for the candidates on offer? No. It has to do with the committee system. John Savard |
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