Usually it’s more like 25-50 years. Sometimes it can be longer. Figuring out how to bulk manufacture something is often just as hard as the initial discovery.

Usually it’s more like 25-50 years. Sometimes it can be longer. Figuring out how to bulk manufacture something is often just as hard as the initial discovery. There are a ton of technologies that are in the literature but can’t be purchased because they are too hard to manufacture.