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by alex_young 2010 days ago
Plenty of similar stories in the US. In particular our Superconducting Super Collider which would have been around 3 times the energy of the LHC. We spent $2 Billion on it, dug 14 miles of tunnel, and then shut it all down and let it fill up with water. What a colossal waste.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider