▁fund ing ▁for ▁science ▁research ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁provision ▁of ▁ade qu ate ▁education , ▁health care , ▁transport ation ▁and ▁communication ▁infrastr ucture , ▁and ▁criminal ▁justice ▁and ▁law ▁enfor cement . ▁ ▁Leon ▁Led erman , ▁a ▁prom oter ▁and ▁advoc ate ▁from ▁its ▁early ▁days , ▁wrote ▁his ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁popular ▁science ▁book ▁The ▁God ▁Part icle : ▁If ▁the ▁Un iverse ▁Is ▁the ▁Answer , ▁What ▁Is ▁the ▁Question ? ▁– ▁which ▁sought ▁to ▁promote ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁significance ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁which ▁necess itated ▁such ▁a ▁project ▁– ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁the ▁project ' s ▁last ▁years ▁and ▁loss ▁of ▁con gression al ▁support . ▁ ▁The ▁closing ▁of ▁the ▁SS C ▁had ▁ad verse ▁consequences ▁for ▁the ▁southern ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Dallas – F ort ▁W orth ▁Metro plex , ▁and ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁m ild ▁re cess ion , ▁most ▁evident ▁in ▁those ▁parts ▁of ▁Dallas ▁which ▁lay ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁Tr inity ▁River . ▁When ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁cancel led , ▁ ▁of ▁tunnel ▁and ▁ 1 7 ▁sh aft s ▁to ▁the ▁surface ▁were ▁already ▁d ug , ▁and ▁nearly ▁two ▁billion ▁dollars ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁spent ▁on ▁the ▁massive ▁facility . ▁ ▁Com parison ▁to ▁the ▁Lar ge ▁Had ron ▁Coll ider ▁▁ ▁The ▁SS C ' s ▁planned ▁collision ▁energy ▁of ▁ 2 ▁x ▁ 2 0 ▁= ▁ 4 0 ▁Te V ▁was ▁roughly ▁three ▁times ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 ▁x ▁ 6 .