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Dr. Stever. Exactly. No, I agree that that is a major driving 

 force. It comes about because of the tremendous success of science. 

 All the fields of science have just had unbelievable cornucopia-like 

 existence in the last 20 or 30 years. The progress in all of them has 

 been immense, and one of the reasons they are progressing is that 

 new scientific equipment and laboratories, more and more expen- 

 sive as the years go by, have come along to help them go on and 

 make this progress. 



So science, the inflation in science just doesn't come because sal- 

 aries go up or there are more people hired or something. It comes 

 because everjrthing about it is more expensive in order to make the 

 next forward step. The SSC is the perfect example of that — not a 

 perfect example, but a good example. 



Sure, as the whole world has gotten that pressure suddenly, you 

 could say science shouldn't progress so rapidly or you can try to 

 find out ways such as international cooperation and use it as much 

 as you can even though you recognize it can't go to the extreme 

 that you were talking about. 



I would say that you are going to end up on this in-between posi- 

 tion, do as much as you can but don't expect to do everything that 

 way. 



Mr. Packard. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. FuQUA. Dr. Stever, thank you very much. 



Dr. Stever. Thank you. 



Mr. FuQUA. Thank you for being with us today. We are sorry for 

 running so far behind. 



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