> http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=014&ACCT=1400000100&ISSUE=0811&RELTYPE=PSC&PRODCODE=00000000&PRODLETT=BT&CommonCount=0
>
> One bad solder joint costs $21,000,000 to repair ?

I think that that probably should be put "The cost of having to repair a 
single solder joint is estimated to be $21,000,000." The actual repair 
probably costs them a few hundred to a few thousand dollars dollars if done 
properly. (ie cost of preparing to do it, actually doing it, inspecting it, 
cross checking the work, cross cross checking the work and then documenting 
it all to ISO 20,000,001 standards. Make that $10,000.

Warming up, opening up, sealing up and cooling down an LHC while everyone 
else twiddles their thumbs and they pay for the power bill, rent etc 
probably accounts  for the very major part of the cost. Hopefully they 
didn't actually throw away the large amount of liquid Helium that needed to 
be removed, or actually lose too too much of it.



   Russell


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