Spacetime Rip

The Europeans, I am delighted to report, are planning on punching a hole in spacetime.

(Into which, my cynicism tempts me to add, they will throw billions in their soon-to-be-worthless currency.)

The combined power of 10 separate lasers would be focused down to a very small volume, creating conditions more extreme than in the center of our sun. It is hoped (yes, hoped) that this immense energy will punch a hole through the fabric of spacetime itself, heralding a new era of exotic physics discovery.

To which I can only say: Awesome!  This sucker works just like the Death Star!

The Extreme Light Infrastructure Ultra-High Field Facility has yet to be built, and Hungary, Romania, and the Czech Republic are now building big lasers in hopes that the selection will light upon them.  So even if these countries never get the facility, they’ll still have these freaking huge lasers to play with!

Gotta love that.

The point of the ELI is to examine virtual matter and the quantum vacuum and maybe find dark matter blah blah blah.

But dude . . . big freaking lasers!

What more do I need to say?