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As a high school kid taking physics, we got to tour the Superconducting Super Collider campus. Obviously, this was nothing compared to being next to something t
by dylan604 4mo ago
As a high school kid taking physics, we got to tour the Superconducting Super Collider campus. Obviously, this was nothing compared to being next to something that was actually built and did science, but they had a the various instruments and segments the beam tube with the magnets on display. Some students would intern there during the summer. The plug was pulled by Congress before I could apply. That was my introduction to politics in science where the kid like notions of how things worked were shattered.
- adastra22 4mo agoYou can still tour the SSC. Just requires wire cutters and a bit more spelunking.
- amarant 4mo agoDamn that sounds fun! How big a risk of being shot would I be running if I tried this?
- adastra22 4mo agoA non-negligible risk. More likely to get lost and drown. I wouldn't do it. But you can read about it: https://medium.com/@liboski/the-superconducting-super-collider-b96eb9abf794 https://medium.com/@liboski/the-superconducting-super-collid... https://weburbanist.com/2014/09/11/the-desertron-worlds-largest-super-collider-lies-abandoned/ https://weburbanist.com/2014/09/11/the-desertron-worlds-larg...
- myself248 4mo agoHaving spent some time as a cellular tech in Detroit, scrambling up half-wrecked stairwells in long-abandoned buildings to service the radio equipment still running on the roof, those accounts make it sound downright tame. I'd visit in a heartbeat next time I'm in DFW. The landscape is so spacious, I hesitate to call it urb-ex. Rur-ex?