| SamuelRSmith said: Call me a simpleton... but what the fuck does all this mean? Also, does this project have any future in the terms of applying research to technology? I mean, will the results of these experiments exist in any way with the discovery of new live forms (like, if loads of little planets supporting life formed out of one of these Big Bangs... we could apply this to our own universe), or enhancing our space travel technology? Again, I have absolutely no idea what's gwarning with the LHC... and I'm failing to see where and how the profits are going to start rolling in. |
Well, in short, this will help us explore the conditions of the Universe shortly after the big bang.
However, a better understanding of our universe will likely lead to real world applications too. In a previous thread I drew a comparison between the theory of relativity and the work done at LHC. When the Einstein developed the theory, no one could have imagined that the new theory would be essential for technologies that now underpin our entire modern society such as satellites. But a better understanding of physics may lead to new technologies that we can't foresee yet.
We can hypothesise about the potential technologies too. In the other thread I spoke about how a better understanding of antimatter, which is something the LHC is built towards finding out, could perhaps one day have practical applications as a new source of energy. but this would all be getting ahead of ourselves right now.
Also, I should mention that the vast amount of engineering knowledge developed just building the thing alone is probably almost worth the price tag.
