
Whole Mars Catalog
@wholemars · 8 août 2026
Yes, I remember now. When I interviewed Elon Musk back in 2020 he told me he originally wanted to work at a particle collider like CERN.


Whole Mars Catalog@wholemars· 8 août 2026Spent some time reading about free electron lasers and how they might be used for chip making last night.
It seems like a tall order (you’d have to build a whole particle accelerator) but there are some significant advantages compared to generating EUV light by shooting a
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Yeah, but then I realized I’d be at the mercy of government funding for colliders or telescopes with no way to affect the outcome. Cancellation of SSC being a case in point.
And I thought the Standard Model seemed very robust, so colliders at the anticipated energies probably
15:12 · 8 août 2026 · 87,5 k vues
143
126
2,1 k