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by panick21_ 1676 days ago
> They invented everything

They also basically employed a gigantic number of PhDs. I don't remember the exact number but at point in time they basically hired a high % of all PhD in the country.

The question is what would all these people have done if not for Bell Labs.

And Bell Labs has nothing to do with SLS. SLS is LITERLLY the opposite of giving freedom to smart people to innovate. Its lets use old technology so we can pork fund the existing contractors.