2006-12-19 08:41:44 · 2 answers · asked by Justanian 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
That's a tough question to answer. With the unwillingness of the US government to spend much money on particle physics research, there is a very real possibility that many of our best researchers and grad students will gravitate to the new hadron collider in Europe. However, the particle accelerators in the US, while old, are not useless. Many suggest that while an elite few will leave the country, there will be plenty of particle researchers left in the US being funded through NSF, universities, or private companies.
Personally, I think the latter is the more appropriate scenario, but I am very much an advocate of the US spending money to update and build new particle accelerators. If we do happen to lose a generation of particle physicists, or even just the elite few, it will be very hard to get them back.
2006-12-19 08:57:06 · answer #1 · answered by woocowgomu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is not the future, it is the past! 1994 was 12 years ago.
2006-12-19 16:45:22 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋