Jazz I think what you are missing is with a statement like "the business side is the anchor" YOU are reading betweent eh lines and believing things that are also not in black and white. Bob BELIEVES we have mass quantities. You BELIEVE they do not. His opinion is equally as valid as your own.
The thing is you can not produce a black and white statement that says the business end is slowing things down.
On the contrary there are black and white statements that say the science was the issue. Didn't Malcom have to design a protocol to develop more consistent fiber quality? Isnt that the science? Wasn't that a major stall in the development of production?
My point is that you are right. You can not believe a vague statement or read between the lines to have the facts. And that works both positively and negatively.
Your beliefs are just as wrong or right as Bobs unless you can show us black and white facts that say Kim is the ball and chain.