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You could call it division of labor. The US will obviously benefit from any discoveries the LHC makes, Europe will also benefit from the ISS.

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It's comforting to hear you say that someone will benefit from the ISS, since so far it's been a dead loss.

Well, I’m not all that convinced of the usefulness of the ISS myself, I was trying to make a more abstract point.

If there are significant scientific discoveries to be made on the ISS, the Europeans will also benefit from them.

If you look into commercial space research, you'll find that a lot of it (maybe most) is done under non-disclosure. We usually don't get to hear about it until there is a successful product to show.

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