The Superconducting Super Collider's Frontier Outpost, 1983–1988 |
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| Authors: | Lillian Hoddeson Adrienne W Kolb |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of History, University of Illinois, 309 Gregory Hall, Urbana, IL 6l801, USA;(2) Fermilab, History and Archives Project, P.O. Box 500, M.S. 109, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA |
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| Abstract: | In 1993, after an optimistic beginning followed by a half-decadeof conflict, the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) project wasabandoned. In an era of `Big Science', a major scientificenterprise collapsed. Why? We employ the metaphor of the`frontier outpost' to analyse a critical moment in the history ofthis vastly expensive project, when the physicists who designedthe machine were forced to recognize that traditional post-warscientific values were no longer in harmony with governmentpriorities. |
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