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…Lessons from the past teach us that despite difficulties, big science projects tend to work out and the outcomes, predicted or not, are well worth the investment. There is little evidence that other areas are deprived of funding, because the potential big budget is not automatically redistributed to other smaller projects. Moreover, the technological and scientific outcomes of big projects boost other areas of research…
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