CERN's budget is ~1B USD, which is 5% of NASA's, 25% of ESA's. And I won't even get started with Silicon Valley big corps. Considering you have to pay for an e

CERN's budget is ~1B USD, which is 5% of NASA's, 25% of ESA's. And I won't even get started with Silicon Valley big corps. Considering you have to pay for an electricity bill equivalent to 1/3 of Geneva and the salaries of >3000 people in one of Europe's most expensive urban areas, I wouldn't say there's a lot of money left to invest in pretty much anything. Source: * https://press.cern/facts-and-figures/budget-overview https://press.cern/facts-and-figures/budget-overview * https://home.cern/about/engineering/powering-cern https://home.cern/about/engineering/powering-cern