Dr. Lederman - I had the opportunity in high school to hear you speak at the release of your book, The God Particle. It fast became one of my favorite books, and I could tell how excited you were for the completion of the SSC. Since its demise, I haven't heard much in the news regarding high-energy physics, with the exception of Fermilab finding the top quark. My question is, now what? Will our current infrastructure allow us to keep going? Or is someone going to have to step up and push physics forward again? With the recent loss of the two Mars probes it seems like the fad of the "cheap and quick" science experiment has lost favor, yet no one seems willing to foot the bill for a large scale experiment either. So where are we headed? Thanks! P.S. If I played better basketball I might have become a physicist too!
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Dr. Lederman - I had the opportunity in high school to hear you speak at the release of your book, The God Particle. It fast became one of my favorite books, and I could tell how excited you were for the completion of the SSC. Since its demise, I haven't heard much in the news regarding high-energy physics, with the exception of Fermilab finding the top quark. My question is, now what? Will our current infrastructure allow us to keep going? Or is someone going to have to step up and push physics forward again? With the recent loss of the two Mars probes it seems like the fad of the "cheap and quick" science experiment has lost favor, yet no one seems willing to foot the bill for a large scale experiment either. So where are we headed? Thanks! P.S. If I played better basketball I might have become a physicist too!
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