Dr Michio Kaku says that Science is the Engine of Prosperity in his blog, but for some reason our political system and population do not seem to value science. I had for gotten that the supercollider construction began in 1993, but then congress decided it was too expensive or something and scrapped it. I keep thinking that this was a huge lost opportunity for great jobs, to build a robust ecosystems of companies, and educate tons of students in high tech science. This would have give the USA a 17 year lead in understanding and enhancing the Standard model and innovations in many fields. We might have found the Higgs particle. It appears this is happening in medical sciences with stem cells, and in aerospace too.