Countdown to the Future part 2

Well it seems like the experiment with the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) has been moved to mid August, so let us talk a bit more about the underground wonder that will most likely revolutionize the technological future of our planet... or destroy it, either way it will be fun.
So civilizations new "Rosetta stone" was born in 1982 and has been funded through out the years by international collaboration. More than £5 billions have been spent on its development, as usual there are those who criticize spending so much money on a project that interests only a minority, but they do not understand the importance of where this might lead humanity. And well, if they want to talk about money... a lot more is spent maintaining the war in Irak for a few months, and this is true, whether they like it or not.
Even though I mentioned something about the destruction of the world, this is not likely to happen. The possibility of accidentally creating a black hole that will make us implode is out of the question, and has already been ruled out by the people at CERN. Alas, we could have been set adrift to another dimension...
I now include the words of Lawrence Krauss, professor of physics and astronomy at an University in Ohio.

"Cathedrals were designed to celebrate the glory of God as manifested through the human spirit in words, music and art. The LHC has been engineered to celebrate and proclaim the glory of the natural world, and of our remarkable ability to comprehend it, as manifested through experimental science.
Science, like great art, music or literature, compels us to reassess our place in the universe - to question where we come from, and where we are going. To turn our back on these questions is to dismiss our cultural inheritance. We should thus consider continuing our explorations of the universe as a cultural imperative."

High school students these days might not study about the aqueducts in ancient Rome, but one hopes they will still marvel from the ability of those ancient civilizations to apply their knowledge to their needs, thus creating wondrous cities and governing systems. Let us hope the LHC will be a part of our legacy for future generations.