As this book goes to press in 1992, funding for the Super Collider, which was cut off by a June vote in the House of Representatives, has been restored by an August vote in the Senate. The future of the Super Collider would be assured if it received appreciable foreign support, but so far that has not been forthcoming. As matters stand, even though funding for the Super Collider has survived in Congress this year, it faces the possibility of cancellation by Congress next year, and in each year until the project is completed. It may be that the closing years of the twentieth century will see
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