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Physicists say the cancellation of thesupercollider has negative repercussions extendingbeyond Harvard's walls. It is not only a "greatloss to scientists but also injures America'sreputation in science, both domestically andinternationally, Feldman says...
...There's been a loss of confidence in theability of our government to fund long rangeprojects," says Feldman. Typically such projectsare planned for ten years, during which theeconomy is bound to slow down, he says. Thegovernment must be able to support long-termprojects despite pressures to cut spending, hesays...
...Feldman says that the supercollider initiallyhad a price tag of $3 billion. Shortlythere-after, he says, the cost rose to $5 billion.After the site was chosen and a more completeengineering study was done, the cost shot up to$8.25 billion...
...Feldman agrees. "It's clear that scientistshave to do a better job on educating the people onthe importance of basic science," he says. "Peopleare looking to shorter term solutions to problems,and are less willing to support long rangescience...
...should have been an international projectfrom the start," says Feldman. Because of a lackof action by the administration and bad planningby the Department of Energy, "they were never ableto get any sizable commitments for foreigncontributions...