I grew up in Aurora and have taken many tours of Fermilab; I can assure you it is an exceptionally cool place. We also used to do "Physics at Fermi" every other Saturday as extra credit in HS, and we got LOTS of behind-the-scenes walkthroughs of normally forbidden areas! Fun fact: I was banned because a buddy and I snuck off from the group and wandered as we pleased for a few hours until we got caught. They found us poking around the anti-proton generator! :)
Unfortunately they have been a little stingy about tours since 9/11 (and idiots like me).
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I grew up in Aurora and have taken many tours of Fermilab; I can assure you it is an exceptionally cool place. We also used to do "Physics at Fermi" every other Saturday as extra credit in HS, and we got LOTS of behind-the-scenes walkthroughs of normally forbidden areas! Fun fact: I was banned because a buddy and I snuck off from the group and wandered as we pleased for a few hours until we got caught. They found us poking around the anti-proton generator! :)
Unfortunately they have been a little stingy about tours since 9/11 (and idiots like me).
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