Resource allocation is a moot point when it comes to CERN projects because CERN manages their own funding and they have one mission, to do particle research. Th

Resource allocation is a moot point when it comes to CERN projects because CERN manages their own funding and they have one mission, to do particle research. The fact that they manage their budget is exactly why they can do things like big accelerators, unlike the United States who destroyed their half-way dug accelerator before it even came online. And besides that, CERN is literally the only place on Earth with the foundations for this kind of research.