<p>feli, </p>
<p>you can’t buy a national lab. Not for sale. </p>
<p>You can bid on the management contract. </p>
<p>Lockheed was part (with U. Texas) of a failed bid for the Los Alamos contract. They were so confident of success that they mentioned an additonal 70 mil per year profit due to the contract. Then they lost.</p>