But there's also the issue of how the public would see it. Everyone can understand "we are making a base in space" and why it's awesome. If the public didn't a

But there's also the issue of how the public would see it. Everyone can understand "we are making a base in space" and why it's awesome. If the public didn't approve the collider, be it because of ignorance or not, it might have been canceled anyway and further science budgets would be hurt.