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Large Hadron Collider

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09-22-2008, 08:32 AM

fjp999 Wrote:full article is here:

'Big bang machine' halted for 2 months - LHC - MSNBC.com

one of the main points: "It's too early to say precisely what happened, but it seems to be a faulty electrical connection between two magnets that stopped superconducting, melted and led to a mechanical failure and let the helium out," Gillies told The Associated Press."

"He said it would take "several weeks minimum" to warm up the sector."Then we can fix it," Gillies said. "Then we cool it down again."

*sighh* why am I not surprised? Rolleyes

At an extra cost of 10 billion in an already weakened economic situation? Rolleyes

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