Under the fields of Texas is a 22.5-kilometre tunnel never used, a vestige of the Superconducting Super Collider cancelled in 1993. This scientific megaproject, supposed to make the United States the world capital of particle physics, became one of the most expensive abandonments in American history. Its cancellation marked the shift of scientific leadership towards Europe. More
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Under the fields of Texas is a 22.5-kilometre tunnel never used, a vestige of the Superconducting Super Collider cancelled in 1993. This scientific megaproject, supposed to make the United States the world capital of particle physics, became one of the most expensive abandonments in American history. Its cancellation marked the shift of scientific leadership towards Europe. More