More importantly, scientists are likely to lose access to some of the most important fossils and thereby miss out on potentially crucial discoveries about extinct life forms.
"This is a huge milestone in this type of laser research," said Stephen Durbin, a scientist at Purdue University, in an accompanying article in the journal Nature Physics about the diamond mirror.
However well they are policed, major protests reinforce the impression of indifferent elites, repression of debate, overreaction to dissent, injustice and unaccountable power.
Many projects seriously in trouble are also cancelled at a fairly late stage, thus having incurred significant economic loss as well as lost opportunity costs.
This has had a significant impact on operating costs, reducing staff from about 160 to 100 and enabling the customer to make substantial savings in annual expenditure.