The current machine has been unable to unlock more information about dark energy in the universe - but it is hoped its giant successor will be given the green light for construction to begin in the 2040s.
All big projects are slow. There’s a huge amount of planning, safety regulation, land acquisition, groundbreaking, materials acquisition, construction, assembly, outfitting, testing, testing, testing, then finally they’ll start getting good data. Then they analyze, edit, and publish.
You could throw money at it to get it done faster, but you’d quickly hit diminishing returns. Most of those steps must be done sequentially.
All big projects are slow. There’s a huge amount of planning, safety regulation, land acquisition, groundbreaking, materials acquisition, construction, assembly, outfitting, testing, testing, testing, then finally they’ll start getting good data. Then they analyze, edit, and publish.
You could throw money at it to get it done faster, but you’d quickly hit diminishing returns. Most of those steps must be done sequentially.