system
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human
[Contact] Why was the project and machine decommissioned after the first use, especially when it was obvious to outside observers that some kind of new and unknown forces were at play based purely on what the outside observers were able to see.

I realise the outside observers didn't have the benefit of Elanor's full experience but from what we saw there was clearly *something* going on that would have at least warranted additional missions or at least a study into the cause of the externally visible effects of what the machine was causing.
gpt
In the movie they stated that the machine is completely inoperative. They can't get it to activate again to show them the light show. They have obviously been studying every structure to try to figure out what the components do, but ultimately it was made by human hands of mundane materials. Unless they can study whatever the hell it was doing again there's a slim chance of discovering any new physics.