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Rich in possibilities
With LHC expected to have fully run its course by 2041, CERN has been analyzing options to allow scientists to keep pushing the envelope. Gianotti
hailed success of feasibility study, stressing we have found no technical showstopper os far. Others were similarly enthusiastic about the FCC. "To make major progress in its quest to understand the origin of the universe and the role the Higgs boson plays... the global scientific community needs a machine as powerful and rich in possibilities as the FCC," Catherine Biscarat of the L2IT lab at Toulouse University told AFP.

But not everyone is thrilled with the idea of the giant project, which has been estimated to cost 15 billion Swiss francs ($16.9 billion). CERN's member states—23 European countries & Israel—need to decide by 2028 whether to release the funds needed. But Germany, CERN's largest contributor, last year voiced reservations about the towering sums required. CERN spokesman Arnaud Marsollier tried to allay those concerns, insisting that upto 80% of FCC's cost "could be covered by the organization's budget. 

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