As you allude to, it's a complex topic in terms of the innovation cycle, the ability to not only develop the new technologies but to be a part of an innovation system that involves both the research and then the ability to translate that into a commercializable product or process. I don't have a personal opinion to share with you on that, but rather I would suggest that the government, the department, is attempting to continue to work to address both the funding for, if you will, basic research and facilities and architecture, and to try to work continuously with the private sector to try to find ways to help, whether it be through consortia or other arrangements, and some co-funding in some cases, to bring closer together the private sector, the people who actually commercialize these applications, with the R and D capacity. It's a work in progress. I think that's a fair way to put it.
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