What is notable to me is that almost all of these examples seem to come from times of war - world war, trade wars, war for space domination ... (plus some of t

What is notable to me is that almost all of these examples seem to come from times of war - world war, trade wars, war for space domination ... (plus some of them are very coloured - the Alaska highway was a dirtroad, the Apollo definitely wasn't made in 143 days ...)