It's so scary to read an article like this and realise how much engineering knowledge retires each year. Problem solving skills that were honed in the Second W

It's so scary to read an article like this and realise how much engineering knowledge retires each year. Problem solving skills that were honed in the Second World War and sent mankind to the Moon and built so many factories just isn't being replaced. Those young engineers couldn't just pick up the phone and talk to the engineers who made the engine and that's potentially a real problem for our culture. The obvious solution is that staff need to document what they did and why they did it. So that those who come after can read it and understand. We all know it's necessary and so few companies seem to have it as part of their procedures. Corporations don't seem to be able to plan for more than 5 or 10 years in advance.