I just was this post on a blog about how some generous benefactor gave Fermilab 5 million, not for some program or new experiment, but for the general operating budget. Have we gotten so poor that we can no longer get basic funding for stuff like this:
http://depletedcranium.com/?p=626
How many earmarks have to be killed to make us sane.
DOE Labs in Crisis?
Auctioning things off eh?
I wonder if anyone here can pick up a vacuum chamber the right size?
How about turbo-molecular pumps?
Gate valves, pressure sensors, leak checkers etc. etc.
Power supplies?
High voltage high current switches?
All those puppies are expensive.
You could save a bundle if they are at fire sale prices.
I wonder if anyone here can pick up a vacuum chamber the right size?
How about turbo-molecular pumps?
Gate valves, pressure sensors, leak checkers etc. etc.
Power supplies?
High voltage high current switches?
All those puppies are expensive.
You could save a bundle if they are at fire sale prices.
-Tom Boydston-
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research, would it?" ~Albert Einstein
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research, would it?" ~Albert Einstein