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Agreed. We are the country that designed, created, and operated the SR-71 Blackbird, put a man on the moon, and built the Hoover Dam, among other incredible fe
by joncrane 6y ago
Agreed. We are the country that designed, created, and operated the SR-71 Blackbird, put a man on the moon, and built the Hoover Dam, among other incredible feats of organization, engineering, and manufacturing.
I fear as a country we are not capable of that type of thing any more and I am not only frustrated, I'm saddened.
BTW if anyone has any examples of more recent (post-2016) successes of a similar magnitude and impressiveness, I could definitely use a mood boost.
- tamcap 6y agoI would say Elon Musk via his development of Tesla (first modern viable electric car) and of SpaceX (first almost fully reusable low cost space solution). They are different "type" than the ones you quote, but the sheer magnitude and long term impact of both those companies will likely reverberate for decades to come.
- ric2b 6y agoElon Musk, the South African that builds a lot of his cars in China? It's hard to assign an achievement to a specific country unless it's a government project.
- oblio 6y agoBy that metric Saturn was built by the German that bombed London. I'm not a Tesla fanboy, but Tesla is an American company.