• @End0fLine
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    657 months ago

    Having the corpse of the Supercollider Superconductor in my backyard growing up (not literally) makes me wonder what could have been if the US wasn’t so shortsighted.

      • wjrii
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        97 months ago

        With all the development around Waxahachie, Midlothian, and Ennis, There’s a very good chance that many backyards are now built over the loop’s proposed path.

    • @TheHighRoad@lemmy.world
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      157 months ago

      It’s really sad as a clear landmark on the map of the US’s descent into scientific irrelevancy on the world stage.

      “If there was demand, the market would have built it!”