Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Saturday, 26-Jul-2014 19:11:26 UTC
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This was the most interesting prop in the exhibit. As you walk down a hall containing components of the accelerator, you hear a radio sitting on a workbench. It's tuned just out of a signal, with static bursts and what sounds like a voice speaking but not really clear or audible. As you approach the radio, it must have a sensor; the soundtrack coming from it suddenly tunes to a clear transmission. It is the voice of a CERN physicist, talking about that terrible day in 2008 when the LHC exploded during testing of the magnet systems, destroying a section of the accelerator and delaying its start by another year. #MOSI https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/306