The U.S. Government Spent $2 Billion Building This Massive Facility…And Then They Never Opened It (18 Pics)
A supercollider is a large ring designed to accelerate particles of protons and anti-protons until they collide. Its purpose is to create large amounts of energy in a controlled and monitored environment.
In the mid 1980’s, the United States wanted to construct the largest particle collider in the world. But when the escalating costs across multiple revised estimates became financially insurmountable, the project was terminated before completion. Now, nineteen years after construction was terminated, it still sits abandoned and vacant.
Costs Kill Plan
What was to be called the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) began as an idea in 1983. Four years of lobbying resulted in the 1987 Congress approval of a bill earmarking a $4.4 billion dollar budget for the project.
A site in Texas was chosen, and in 1991 construction began on what was supposed to become the world’s largest super collider.
By 1993 the cost projection had risen to over $12 billion. With limited financial resources, the U.S. government was forced to choose between funding the International Space Station (ISS) or the super particle collider.
Congress approved funding for the ISS and on October 21, 1993, the SSC project was cancelled.
When the project was cancelled, 14 miles of tunnels and 17 shafts had already been dug, as well as all surface structures completed.
Total spent: $2 billion.
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