It's a very gratifying budget for us. The bottom-line numbers are so much better than last year. This certainly gets us back to our last good year, 2005, in terms of what we can do. That includes running the machine and doing R and D on improvements for the future. We hope it survives Congress; this is not money in the bank yet. |
Running a national lab is tricky. It takes that mix of political skills and scientific credentials to be successful. |