Super Conductor Super Collider

[StarTraveler]

Can someone explain what this is ? And why was it canceled ?

Thanks !

[andyschlei]

I was a huge particle accelerator. Described by this page (http://www.rootsweb.com/~txecm/super_collider.htm), linked from Wikipedia.

It was very big, very expensive, and cancelled due to a lack of political support in Congress at a time that government spending was being reduced.