How Waxahachie almost had the world's largest scientific project
The Superconducting Super Collider in Waxahachie would have been three times larger than Switzerland's. This is the story of the project's development and downfall.
The Superconducting Super Collider in Waxahachie would have been three times larger than Switzerland's. This is the story of the project's development and downfall.
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I had worked on the Proton accelerator at Loma Linda Hospital, was offered a job on this. Went to Waxahachie and toured the tunnel, amazing to see. Was excited to move, went back to Calif to pack, congress pulled the funding and ended the project. Thankfully before I sold my house
The project lives on, in the TV show, Young Sheldon.
My grandparents worked as the head engineers for the ssc i cant imagine how disappointed the were when they found out it was discontinued 😢
@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle
6 ай бұрын
normal average Joe's were disappointed when this happened... No one alive today in Ellis county could imagine how much this would have changed Ellis county for the better and even the state of Texas.
@catherinecat79
3 ай бұрын
they never stop it grrr
Remember working with a company doing Geotech in the general area. a I remember seeing the sites where they were sinking the shafts for access to the loop. What we saw was pretty impressive and they seemed to be working day and night. This was back around 92 or so
I remember I move to Dallas to work at at the facility but instead I went to truck driving school to upgrade my CDLs from regular commercial chauffeur license
I bought some Quikdraft paper off this guy at a garage sale back in 1996 around the Waco area that shows a map of the place they were going to start building the SCC, that and a number of news clippings when the land purchase went through and the proposal budget, no idea what the guy did for a living but probably one of the many workers on the project.
I am working in waxahachie texas , where can I visit or find more info. I am physically here, want to learn anyone can show me. Downey California library. ❤❤❤❤.
Well tornadoes still like to visit Waxahachie
@cashninja727
Жыл бұрын
They should use it for a bunker
You forgot to mention that under magnablends ownership a massive chemical fire burned down a majority of the facility.
Now there’s Cern in Switzerland
All the politicians talking about the cost.....now Congress is spending billions on illegals.....sickening.
today average people with "billions" go into space (from Texas!).. Today ours would be 3x's larger than Switzerland's, its Texas! That's the problem with folks from elsewhere. I admit they have big hearts but little brains. In TEXAS we have big hearts and well.. "you know.'
@mazimadu
2 жыл бұрын
Bigger brains??? no, that doesn't rhyme
This video is more exciting than the town 🤣😂
I was gonna be one of HB Zachary's tbm mechanics and two weeks before we were going it fell thru
I don't forget
Don't they have a saying there's the East the North the West and Texas
Came here from Broccoli
But it still does
Wonder if they secretly completed it.
@keinname629
2 жыл бұрын
Ask Elon
@1770-p9p
2 жыл бұрын
Noooo. They would NEVER do that. 🐰😭🤐
@JonDotExe
2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately they just filled it with sand and sold it to a chemical company. While Switzerland is churning out nobel prizes for particle physicists. Slow clap for Texas...
@novanance
2 жыл бұрын
nah we just use it for emergency storm water drainage. Some people sneak into it still. All abandoned.
@1770-p9p
2 жыл бұрын
@@novanance I still don't believe you. Sorry brother no offense. I would feel comfortable in seeing it for myself and as well as 30,000 colliders under our feet.
Yass
Tragic
So, where did the politicians (especially Clintons) spend the money?
@Qual3n
3 жыл бұрын
Clinton had budget surpluses from 1998 to 2001.
@darwinjina
3 жыл бұрын
@@Qual3n So, if this project was cut, which then counts towards a surplus? Are you saying that other projects were cut as well?
@SB-qm5wg
3 жыл бұрын
Young girls
@Qual3n
3 жыл бұрын
@@darwinjina Your congressman and others from each state fight for funds for their earmarks. Usually all within a budget. A war with Iraq, global recession or pandemic with destroy those budgets and everything quickly becomes deficit spending.
No no no
Reminds me whe. We came to a treaty with the. Communist Vietnamese. Then Democrats ignored and let the roots
The Alien Overlords cancelled it because it would have taken us too close to the truth.
What happens to the tunnels?
Blow it up. U lied
Wast of money
Glad it didn't happen in Texas.
@lt7378
11 ай бұрын
Why not?
@robertmcnearny9222
11 ай бұрын
@@lt7378 Because they don't believe in them science thingys down thar in Texas.
Billion dollar con artists
Democrats killed it
Another example of the shortsightedness of the Democrats
They should cancel Ermatinger also!