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Chris Eldridge, Harrisburg PA — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:04:47 GMT

I have followed science for a very long time and I have always respected European scientific prowess that I believe to be second to non. I’m kind of concerned with the election of rightwing governments but I believe in this regard the European tradition of far reaching scientific endeavors will continue. Unlike here, each EU state strives to partake in every project because they know it means not only jobs but very high tech jobs.

Apart from the new super collider and ITER, Europe is also putting the finishing touches on the world’s largest telescope in Chile – The VLT which will be much larger than the combined Keck telescopes in Hawaii. The European Space Agency (ESA) which operates out of French Guiana in South America, is also a very productive and fruitful launch enter right on the equator. Their Rocket – the Ariane V – is probably the best in the world and has had what must be 12 successful flights in a row. It has launched the world’s largest and most aggressive earth observing satellite (Envisat) an aggressive mission to actually land on a comet (Rosetta), and the largest most powerful space X-ray telescope (the XMM).

To be sure, Europe is at the heart of the world’s most technical and demanding fields. They have the fastest trains, the best cars, the largest/most efficient airliners, the best sea fairy transports, the longest underwater tunnel, the longest land tunnel under the Swiss alps, the longest combined road rail cable-stayed bridge, the tallest bridge at some 1000 feet, and quite honestly most of the best military hardware you’ll find, such as the best tank (the French Leclerc), the best fighter (the stealth Typhoon), the NH-90 stealth transport helicopter, the best attack helicopter (the Tiger), the best transport plan (the A400M to fly in early 2008), Ug… and that’s just all I could remember at the top of my head… Truly if anyone ‘might’ be able to save us from such an uncertain future as global warming it is certainly the dedication and innovation of the Europeans!

ITER is something I believe very strongly in. I like Solar, Wind, and extremely deep geothermal, but ITER is something that really doesn’t cost that much, it promotes ultra-high-tech jobs, and is well worth an investigation! Greenpeace is not an organization I really care to talk about as they often just voice negative opinions regardless of knowing what they are really talking about. ITER can very well save this planet and is probably in the top 5 technologies that really can. It is unfortunate it took so long to fund it (like nine additional years - those nine years could be the death nail in our world considering what we face now) since it was designed and approved. I also am concerned as I believe it is also a less ambitious re-design which so many governments like ours are now famous for. They draw up all these original specs and then balk at the last minute at the price calling for redesigns and postponements – both of which happened here.

Beginning the Big Science Tour

Chris E. — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:27:04 GMT

Are you hitting the Paris Airshow??? Man that would be to die for!

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tom, Mount laurel, New Jersey — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:53:52 GMT

Awesome. Is there any way we could get emails on the future developments on this collidor?. To make it more intersting I suggest People with little knoweledge on big-bang please read on the theory that explained here in http://www.creationofuniverse.com/html/order_skies_01.html. You may ignore relegious references there.