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The FCC [0] is looking at 100TeV vs the current LHC 14TeV. Is it a big enough improvement to find anything new? I feel like CERN (LHC) is becoming like Nasa,
by kristianp 5y ago
The FCC [0] is looking at 100TeV vs the current LHC 14TeV. Is it a big enough improvement to find anything new? I feel like CERN (LHC) is becoming like Nasa, funding massive job projects (space shuttle) that can't compete with a motivated private enterprise or other disruptor (SpaceX) that works out what is needed to make real progress (in SpaceX's case real reusability and methalox fuel).
[0] http://fcc-cdr.web.cern.ch/ http://fcc-cdr.web.cern.ch/
- vagrantJin 5y agoIn defense of government space agencies, Nasa operates on a wholly different regulatory framework[0] They can't do as they please on hiring, subcontracting, suppliers because that money has oversight from treasury and congress. It's taxpayer money. Its like working with one hand tied behind your back. Not to mention that if a political mandate comes through, and it says stop all work on the space shuttle, no matter what progress you've made or what new materials are coming out or whether computer simulations are an order of magnitude better - you have to stop. SpaceX is merely a launch alternative. The shuttle program has already paid its dues and paved the road. [0](https://www.nasa.gov/emd/policy-regulations-and-guidance https://www.nasa.gov/emd/policy-regulations-and-guidance)