Then... WAH! They guided us **inside** the [[http://linac.fnal.gov/ | Linac]]!
The Linac is the LINear ACcelerator facility, the first stage of acceleration
that produces protons for the MainInjector. It was like entering an old
-science fiction movie. You know, like Frankenstein or Buck Rogers: with giant
-Tesla generators, panels with flashing lights and indicators...Buck Rogers
-The continuous buzz reminded us that the proton beam was shooting through
-this long corridor next to me.
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-At the end of the tour, we visited the MainControlRoom, from which they
-run the whole thing. The room looks like the bridge of an old starship,
-surrounded by monitors, with a bigger chair in the middle for the captain.
+science fiction movie!
FermiLab is no doubt the most amazing place in the world: