MrSilverMaC Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i-Yvg3eOoHjuW_BtDspj_LZOZ6owD94GN0EG0 Big particle collider repairs to cost $21 millionBy ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS – 4 hours ago GENEVA (AP) — Fixing the world's largest atom smasher will cost at least 25 million francs ($21 million) and may take until early summer, its operator said Monday. An electrical failure shut down the Large Hadron Collider on Sept. 19, nine days after the $10 billion machine started up with great fanfare. The European Organization for Nuclear Research recently said that the repairs would be completed by May or early June. Spokesman James Gillies said the organization know as CERN is now estimating the restart will be at the end of June or later. "If we can do it sooner, all well and good. But I think we can do it realistically (in) early summer," he said.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 It only worked for 9 days? Shouldn't it still be under warranty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 It only worked for 9 days? Shouldn't it still be under warranty? Lol... If I had known about this I might have skipped college and trained to be a partical collider repair man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titaw Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 This thing couldn't stay operable long enough to even cause the end of the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMS Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 It only worked for 9 days? Shouldn't it still be under warranty? It actually never worked at all. The problem was found while they were still in testing mode; so they've actually not collided any atoms yet with this baby... I think any large system like this can be expected to have troubles. 21 million is nothing, this thing cost billions to create.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiebear Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Can we prove the Universe did it on the first try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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