Europe throws more money at Iter:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_ ... 614542.stm
Iter gobbles up more cash
Per the article, the original CONSTRUCTION cost was 5B euro and is now listed as ~7.2 Bn. The 15B euro was ALL costs, construction, operation, management.... Something like thatjsbiff wrote:Anyone have a link to a good article on *why* ITER is now so over the original budget? Wasn't it originally slated to be about 5 Bn Euro? Now it's up to something like $15Bn?
How does that happen? Is there some sort of massive fraud going on somewhere involving contractors or something?
I once quipped at a project that was 5x over budget that we had too many managers.
Instead, they got rid of the vast majority of their trained engineering staff.
The trouble is always inherent when the people who make the money decisions are not the people who know what's going on.
Instead, they got rid of the vast majority of their trained engineering staff.
The trouble is always inherent when the people who make the money decisions are not the people who know what's going on.
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Contact the Recovery Act website. They may still have a spare million or two. All you have to do is spend it FAST on 'murkin stuff!Enginerd wrote:I'd be willing to produce something that doesn't work for a mere $1 million.jsbiff wrote:Anyone have a link to a good article on *why* ITER is now so over the original budget? Wasn't it originally slated to be about 5 Bn Euro? Now it's up to something like $15Bn?
Re: Iter gobbles up more cash
Not according to this text.hdonk wrote:Europe throws more money at Iter:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_ ... 614542.stm
Try reading the content.
They have agreed that it is a point of discussion to consider how to fund the shortfall.
One agreement and two fudges, in serial, does not a decision make!