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		adastra22 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdra... The national laboratory budget is $14bn/yr.

nkurz 8 months ago [–]

Sure, if we assume that the total budget for the 17 national labs is $14B, that would imply that the average lab is a bit less than $1B/year to run. Hence $40B can run an "average" lab for around 50 years. Or am I missing your point?

sidewndr46 8 months ago | [–]

funding is not even per year to year, but your point is still valid

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