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LIGO did take decades to construct, like the LHC. According to LIGO's wikipedia article, it was the most expensive project ever funded by the NSF in 1994.
by sbierwagen 5y ago
LIGO did take decades to construct, like the LHC. According to LIGO's wikipedia article, it was the most expensive project ever funded by the NSF in 1994.
- neltnerb 5y agoLIGO's size is also deceptive, the legs are kilometers long but the design is an L with the important bit being to vibrationally isolate things, maintain dimensional stability, and maintain vacuum. ITER is likely bigger in terms of volume of concrete or actual footprint.
- lambdatronics 5y agoHmm, looks like ITER and LHC both use about the same amount of superconductor: around 500 tons. [0]https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1018583 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1018583 [1]https://www.iter.org/mach/Magnets https://www.iter.org/mach/Magnets