Whole Mars Catalog
@wholemars · Aug 8, 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· Aug 8, 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
03:12 PM · August 8, 2026 · 87.5K views
143
126
2.1K