Big particle collider repairs to cost $21 million

November 17, 2008 By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Fixing the world's largest atom smasher will cost at least 25 million francs ($21 million) and may take until early summer, its operator said Monday.

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• Xan81 - Nov 17, 2008
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  Big science = Big bills.
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• trippingsock - Nov 17, 2008
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  Nicely spotted Xan, but comparing it to the initial cost the bill this time is tiny
  
  $ 10,000,000,000 to
  $ 20,000,000.
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• Metalmaster - Nov 17, 2008
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  8 months to solder a wire! I wish we had more details. Obviously can't just be a wire.
  Give me $50, I'll have the wire soldered in a few minutes then we can fire this thing up.
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• Metalmaster - Nov 17, 2008
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  8oops
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• earls - Nov 17, 2008
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  He *is* the "Metalmaster." I hope this repair is the last for a while. What if it never gets to start? :(
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• Noumenon - Nov 17, 2008
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  Nicely spotted Xan, but comparing it to the initial cost the bill this time is tiny
  
  $ 10,000,000,000 to
  $ 20,000,000.

  Big science = Big bills.

  
  
  Like a $20 repair on a $10,000 car.
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• holmstar - Nov 17, 2008
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  8 months to solder a wire! I wish we had more details. Obviously can't just be a wire.
  Give me $50, I'll have the wire soldered in a few minutes then we can fire this thing up.

  
  
  Its not the wire, it's the damage that was done because of the bad wire. If I remember correctly, one of the superconducting magnets quenched, causing the liquid helium that cools the magnets to be nearly instantly boiled, blowing apart a section of this $10 billion machine. Cost to repair that section and re-cool the whole shebang = $20 million.
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• Ant - Nov 17, 2008
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  to hell with the soldering whats the soot like deposit in the pipes? some some of combustion or ignition?
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• muffett - Nov 18, 2008
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  I hafta agree it's more than a wire...yes, we need more details...but i believe, there is more going on here that they have been trying to achieve than what is known...look at the bbc world news site and do an archive...little bit more than what is letting out...as far as the price...i think it is cya...
  
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