Dear Colleagues, Both Nature and New Scientist have articles on the ILC RDR. You can read them online at: http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070212/full/445694a.html http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19325914.200-collider-costed--atom-smashers-dont-come-cheap.html The GDE has produced a companion document to explain the estimate. This can be found at: http://media.linearcollider.org/estimateilcmachine.pdf Norman Graf