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目前欧洲在高能物理研究方面占据领先地位,不甘落后的美国正急起直追,而它最有可能打出的王牌就是超导超级对撞机(SSC)。这台巨型加速器的建造成本至少将比一度宣布过它的最后造价(59亿美元)还多10亿美元。国会中抨击这个项目的人士称,最终它的成本可能高达120亿美元——与拟议中的英吉利海峡隧道工程的造价不相上下。这些人士预计,在今年围绕预算问题的激烈辩论中,这个项目将面临一场争夺经费的恶战。纽约州共和党众议员、众院科学、空间与技术委员会成员谢伍德·坡埃勒对此项目持反对态度。他说:“这个项目今后还会一而再、再而三地要求增加成本,申请追加10亿美元不过是第一次而已。下一次它大概又会要求再加10亿美元。”他认为此项目的总费用很可能将比最初估计的数字翻一番。
At present, Europe occupies a leading position in high-energy physics research. The unwillingly backward U.S. is catching on to the throne, and the trump card most likely played by it is the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). The giant accelerator will cost at least $ 1 billion more than the final cost it once announced ($ 5.9 billion). People in Congress who attacked the project said it could cost as much as $ 12 billion in the end - about the same as the proposed cost of the English Channel Tunnel project. These people expect the project to face a fierce battle for funding during this year's heated debate on the budget. Representatives from New York State Republican House, House Science, Space and Technology Committee Sherwood Pauelle opposed the project. He said: “This project will be required to increase costs again and again in the future, applying for an additional $ 1 billion is only the first time, and it will probably require an additional $ 1 billion next time.” He believes this The total cost of the project is likely to double from the originally estimated figure.