Great summary of the considerations that must go into such an immense collaborative project.

Particle physics has entered an era of exploration

The age of stumbling across gold is over! Exploration of this sort mandates huge investments with little guarantee of results. Other than for pure knowledge sake, what are some applications of the information that may come out of this project that would enrich everyday life?

All developments will come back to society, for free, without any patent.

@dhimmel will be happy to hear this!