- quality ▁research , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁only ▁way ▁to ▁ac quire ▁new ▁fundamental ▁knowledge , ▁as ▁some ▁of ▁its ▁supp or ters ▁claimed , ▁and ▁so ▁was ▁un reason ably ▁expensive . ▁Scient ific ▁critics ▁of ▁the ▁SS C ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁basic ▁research ▁in ▁other ▁areas , ▁such ▁as ▁cond ensed ▁matter ▁physics ▁and ▁materials ▁science , ▁was ▁under fund ed ▁compared ▁to ▁high ▁energy ▁physics , ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁those ▁fields ▁were ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁produce ▁applications ▁with ▁techn ological ▁and ▁economic ▁benefits . ▁However , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁Cl inton ▁tried ▁to ▁prevent ▁the ▁can cellation ▁by ▁asking ▁Congress ▁to ▁continue ▁" to ▁support ▁this ▁important ▁and ▁challeng ing ▁effort " ▁through ▁completion ▁because ▁" ab andon ing ▁the ▁SS C ▁at ▁this ▁point ▁would ▁signal ▁that ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁is ▁comprom ising ▁its ▁position ▁of ▁leadership ▁in ▁basic ▁science ". ▁ ▁Following ▁Rep . ▁Jim ▁Sl atter y ' s ▁successful ▁orch estr ation ▁in ▁the ▁House , ▁President ▁Cl inton ▁signed ▁the ▁bill ▁which ▁finally ▁cancel led ▁the ▁project ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁stating ▁regret ▁at ▁the ▁" ser ious ▁loss " ▁for ▁science . ▁ ▁Re actions ▁to ▁the ▁can cellation ▁Steven ▁Wein berg , ▁a ▁Nobel ▁la ure ate ▁in ▁Physics , ▁places ▁the ▁can cellation ▁of ▁the ▁SS C ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁a ▁bigger ▁national ▁and ▁global ▁so cio - e conom ic ▁crisis , ▁including ▁a ▁general ▁crisis ▁in