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It's a rather sad reflection of society, no telling how may breakthroughs we're missing out on due to the lack of cooperation in science on this front.
by brandonl222 10y ago
It's a rather sad reflection of society, no telling how may breakthroughs we're missing out on due to the lack of cooperation in science on this front.
- lostlogin 10y agoThere is also the motivations of the scanner owner to consider. They are paid to do scans. A cheap scan might be low hundreds of dollars per hour. A more commercial rate would be well into the thousands. We don't want to dry up now do we?
- mattkrause 10y agoNot really. The scanner owners are almost all universities. One typically does have to pay to use the scanner(and quite a bit--$500+ per hour is typical), but this is typically meant to cover the scanner costs. The equipment costs at least four million dollars, plus some ongoing costs (cryogens, typically a full-time tech or two, and maintenance; the power bill is probably not trivial either).