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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:18PM (#30381769)
When did private business pay for scientific instruments, like particle colliders and gravity enterferometers?
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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by codewench on Friday February 18, 2022 @07:10PM (#30392981)
Isn't that literally every major university ever?
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Re:SpaceX’s monstrous, dirt-cheap Starship may transform spa... by WalterBright on Friday February 18, 2022 @12:08AM (#30382332)
They did before the government got involved in it.

But if you want to spend $23 billion for a collider, you're probably going to need to forcibly take the money to do it. Of course, it's worth it if it's someone else's money.

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