Bill McKee wrote:
"John R. Carroll" wrote in message
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RBnDFW wrote:
Stupid ******* Cliff wrote:


A pity that, after spending so much money, the rethugs shut down
the SSC in Texas years ago ....
We could have been ahead ....

It was canceled in 1993 by a Democrat-dominated congress, under a
Democrat president, with a Democrat governor in Austin.

From Wikipedia

"..Congress's desire to generally reduce spending; the reluctance of
Texas Governor Ann Richards;[1] and President Bill Clinton's initial
lack of support "

I'd rather have seen this sort of project built in America but what
cam about represented the best use of resources.
There were actually three projects at various stages of
planning/completion.
One in the US, one in Japan and the EU had theirs. In the end, there
wouldn't have been enough research money to keep all of them active
at a high level.

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John R. Carroll



I guess Europe will be the cause of the 2012 problem. :)

Either them or the guys with the fancy new laser up in the SF Bay area.


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John R. Carroll