Comments on: To see little, build big

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:42:53 +0000

Vince RN (9) said:

I wonder what their budget for making things look cool is.

All of it.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:45:54 +0000

In the last part of the video, why is that thing on the right rotating when they haven’t put the parts together yet?

And, Phil, whom did you bring along, Sheldon or Penny?

By: MaDeR

MaDeR — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:48:16 +0000

Okay, it is borderline mad science.

By: Thomas Radke

Thomas Radke — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:42:08 +0000

Oh hey! I sent him this last week. Really cool to see it up here!

By: ND

ND — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:42:28 +0000

The LHC looks like it should be opening gateways to other dimensions or to distant points in the galaxy. It doesn’t. I’m really disappointed about this.

Other than that, yeah it really looks like something out of a science fiction movie.

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:41:44 +0000

“pry open the seams of the Universe and peek inside.”

Ack, I just use a big hammer and chisel…and occasionally a sonic screwdriver…

3. John H

Yeah, the process of building big is a discipline in itself. I wonder how we’ll get the first space elevator funded, placed and built? Talk about big engineering…

Gary 7

By: Cairnos

Cairnos — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:42:59 +0000

I’ve always thought it would be fun to be a fly on the wall in the meetings when things like this are first proposed, particularly to politicians:

Politician: So which country are you proposing we build this large collider in?
LHC proponent: Ummm, you see when we say ‘Large’…..

By: bouch

bouch — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:09:00 +0000

@Adam (#11)

No, silly, its DUCT tape!

And if you look about 1/2 way up on the right side, right where three green trusses meet, you’ll see a piece of lumber held neatly in place by a zip-strap.

Although my favorite detail is all the little paper signs saying “Stop, not solid, do not step!”

By: bouch

bouch — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:08:14 +0000

Somehow, I was expecting this:

http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Tech/Beam/DeathStar2.jpg

By: Davide

Davide — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:04:21 +0000

Some of the materials used in the CMS are worth of a science fiction movie,
especially the lead tungstate crystals. A sample was passed around at a seminar I attended,
it looks like glass but is very heavy, denser than a block of iron.

http://cms.web.cern.ch/news/crystal-calorimeter