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The large Hadron Collider

Discussion in 'YachtForums Yacht Club' started by CODOG, Sep 20, 2008.

  1. CODOG, Sep 20, 2008
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  2. Codger, Sep 20, 2008
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  3. K1W1, Sep 20, 2008
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    Hi,

    Good One- I looked at a few of that guys other animations, pretty cool stuff.
  4. AMG, Sep 20, 2008
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    So this is why the machine is now down for repair a couple of months...:rolleyes:
  5. Kevin, Sep 20, 2008
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  6. KCook, Sep 24, 2008
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    I worked for an outfit that built optics for colliders like that. Wild stuff. Makes the Hubble space telescope look tame.

    dry lap Kelly
  7. Loren Schweizer, Sep 24, 2008
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  8. Fishtigua, Sep 24, 2008
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    Loren,

    They've broken it quite hard (they were going to shut down over the winter anyway). Though it is an engineering problem rather than a design fault,(fixable); there is a super photo shot of it next to the Stargate opening from the old TV show, very close, very very close.

    Fish