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Engineering achievements
02-07-2021, 10:44 AM
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RE: Engineering achievements
It should be recognized that some unique projects (especially in the military industry) are difficult to convert for commercial purposes. For example, use intercontinental missiles to launch satellites. Appolo program and Concorde, for all their grandiosity, ultimately did not bring the expected financial profit. The creation of one of the world`s best medium-haul Airbus A220 (CS300) almost ended in bankruptcy for the company, and only public investment saved the project.
I am also interested in why HP calculators of the 1980s and 1990s did not get worldwide distribution in the field of science and education, but remained the most within a relatively small audience. Steve Jobs, for example, visited the USSR in Moscow in 1985 to organize the supply of Apple products for educational institutions, but nothing came of this idea.
Some on this forum probably remember the View-Master stereo 3 reel set with "NASA Apollo Moon Landing 1969" from the early 70s: 21 pairs of high-quality stereo slides with a detailed overview of this mission. View-Master toy in those days gave the opportunity to visit many interesting places in absentia.
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Engineering achievements - Hlib - 02-05-2021, 08:35 PM
RE: Engineering achievements - toml_12953 - 02-06-2021, 01:01 PM
RE: Engineering achievements - Hans S. - 02-07-2021, 09:06 AM
RE: Engineering achievements - Hans S. - 02-08-2021, 06:23 AM
RE: Engineering achievements - BillBee - 02-09-2021, 03:59 PM
RE: Engineering achievements - Hlib - 02-07-2021 10:44 AM
RE: Engineering achievements - KeithB - 02-08-2021, 03:35 PM
RE: Engineering achievements - Hlib - 02-08-2021, 08:46 PM
RE: Engineering achievements - Hlib - 02-09-2021, 06:49 PM
RE: Engineering achievements - Hans S. - 02-09-2021, 04:56 PM
RE: Engineering achievements - Hans S. - 02-10-2021, 08:36 AM
RE: Engineering achievements - Hlib - 02-11-2021, 05:27 PM
RE: Engineering achievements - Hlib - 02-16-2021, 06:08 PM
RE: Engineering achievements - teenix - 02-12-2021, 03:36 AM
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