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LHC is 27km long and cost $4.75 billion. Which is around $175,900 per meter.
by bufferoverflow 6y ago
LHC is 27km long and cost $4.75 billion.
Which is around $175,900 per meter.
- mdturnerphys 6y agoThat's a good reference point. Cost for infrastructure projects usually isn't linear. I've seen an exponent of .6 used to extrapolate costs. (3140km/27km)^.6 * $4.75B = $82B. Adjusting for inflation gives you something a bit over the $100B. They probably came up with the number in a similar fashion. Do you know if your number includes the detectors? They would have contributed significantly to the total cost.