Tevatron is shutting down today.

[Lorizael]

Good thing we have the Superconducting Super Collider to take its place, right?

[Ben Kenobi]

Well, with that and the shuttle, Obama's batting 2 for 2. Good thing we don't have a luddite Texan in power, eh?

[-Jrabbit]

My wife was in a NSF program and got to tour the Tevatron shortly before it came online, back when she was in high school.

She reports being saddened.

[BlackCat]

Well, with that and the shuttle, Obama's batting 2 for 2. Good thing we don't have a luddite Texan in power, eh?

Wonder how long time it takes to decide, plan and build such things ? Does 5-10 years sound reasonable ? I guess that you are right about luddite texans

[Elok]

Well, we still have that thingy in Iron Man's chest. That's something.

[Docfeelgood]

WTF are ya'll talkin about?

[Lorizael]

Well, with that and the shuttle, Obama's batting 2 for 2. Good thing we don't have a luddite Texan in power, eh?

Bush announced the retirement of the shuttle program in 2004.

[Lorizael]

WTF are ya'll talkin about?

The second most powerful particle accelerator in the world - and the most powerful one in the United States - is shutting down today.

[Docfeelgood]

The second most powerful particle accelerator in the world - and the most powerful one in the United States - is shutting down today.

good or bad?

[Lorizael]

Bad for particle physics in the US, but not bad for particle physics generally. The LHC is there to take its place.

[Docfeelgood]

ok, TY

[Ben Kenobi]

Bush announced the retirement of the shuttle program in 2004.

So much for hope and change.

[Jon Miller]

Wonder how long time it takes to decide, plan and build such things ? Does 5-10 years sound reasonable ? I guess that you are right about luddite texans

10-20 I would guess.

JM

[Lorizael]

So much for hope and change.

The current administration is supporting commercial efforts to get into space. You should approve.

Additionally, due to budgetary constraints, the DOE was faced with the choice of either continuing to fund Tevatron or funding a number of neutrino-detecting experiments. DOE chose the neutrino experiments. I wonder why DOE had budgetary constraints? :hmm:

[Ben Kenobi]

The current administration is supporting commercial efforts to get into space. You should approve.

The current administration isn't supporting anything besides more money for themselves.

Additionally, due to budgetary constraints, the DOE was faced with the choice of either continuing to fund Tevatron or funding a number of neutrino-detecting experiments. DOE chose the neutrino experiments. I wonder why DOE had budgetary constraints? :hmm:

Gee, wouldn't be because Obama jumped up the debt from 60 percent of what the US makes in a year to 100 percent of what the US makes in a year.

Obama's spent more than any other president. The only 'budgetary constraints' are on 'stuff Obama hates', including the Tevatron.