How Waxahachie almost had the world's largest scientific project

The Superconducting Super Collider in Waxahachie would have been three times larger than Switzerland's. This is the story of the project's development and downfall.

[Cmon-Man]

I had worked on the Proton accelerator at Loma Linda Hospital, was offered a job on this. Went to Waxahachie and toured the tunnel, amazing to see. Was excited to move, went back to Calif to pack, congress pulled the funding and ended the project. Thankfully before I sold my house

[spacecat]

Remember working with a company doing Geotech in the general area. a I remember seeing the sites where they were sinking the shafts for access to the loop. What we saw was pretty impressive and they seemed to be working day and night. This was back around 92 or so

[vennation]

My grandparents worked as the head engineers for the ssc i cant imagine how disappointed the were when they found out it was discontinued 😢

[Donkey]

The project lives on, in the TV show, Young Sheldon.

[TheSomnambulants]

I bought some Quikdraft paper off this guy at a garage sale back in 1996 around the Waco area that shows a map of the place they were going to start building the SCC, that and a number of news clippings when the land purchase went through and the proposal budget, no idea what the guy did for a living but probably one of the many workers on the project.

[garry]

I remember I move to Dallas to work at at the facility but instead I went to truck driving school to upgrade my CDLs from regular commercial chauffeur license

[marionmitchell]

All the politicians talking about the Congress is spending billions on

[SB-qmwg]

Well tornadoes still like to visit Waxahachie

[joshroi]

You forgot to mention that under magnablends ownership a massive chemical fire burned down a majority of the facility.

[juancuelloespinosa]

meanwhile, we send 10 of billions to overseas wars.

it's truly tragic that humanity doesn't work off morals, but off incentives

[Californiansurfer]

I am working in waxahachie texas, where can I visit or find more info. I am physically here, want to learn anyone can show me. Downey California library. ❤❤❤❤.

[cleandean]

today average people with "billions" go into space (from Texas!).. Today ours would be 3x's larger than Switzerland's, its Texas! That's the problem with folks from elsewhere. I admit they have big hearts but little brains. In TEXAS we have big hearts and well.. "you know.'

[greekchicgreek]

This video is more exciting than the town 🤣😂

[dalejr]

What a shame I took a field trip there with my school 1982 when I was 12.

[blueberrylorfing]

I was gonna be one of HB Zachary's tbm mechanics and two weeks before we were going it fell thru

[Idontreadcomments]

Don't they have a saying there's the East the North the West and Texas

[darwinjina]

So, where did the politicians (especially Clintons) spend the money?

[mobilemechanics]

Reminds me whe. We came to a treaty with the. Communist Vietnamese. Then Democrats ignored and let the roots

[sylarkane]

The Alien Overlords cancelled it because it would have taken us too close to the truth.

[akahaney]

Another example of the shortsightedness of the Democrats