• @End0fLine@startrek.website
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    628 months ago

    Having the corpse of the Supercollider Superconductor in my backyard growing up (not literally) makes me wonder what could have been if the US wasn’t so shortsighted.

    • @TheHighRoad@lemmy.world
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      148 months ago

      It’s really sad as a clear landmark on the map of the US’s descent into scientific irrelevancy on the world stage.

      “If there was demand, the market would have built it!”