Engineering achievements

[Maximilian Hohmann]

Hello!

(02-05-2021 08:35 PM)Hlib Wrote:  After 50 years of conservation, the missile is activated within 60 seconds and is ready to hit a target anywhere in the world.

It would be interesting to see how many of them actually still work after being in store for 50 years. And even if their solid fuel still ignites, how many of them would actually be able to fly roughly in the direction of the programmed target... These doubts of mine do not only apply to Soviet ballistic missiles, but those of all others as well. I know that from my professional experience with (ciivilian) aircraft: If one is not flown for a year, very few of the systems still work upon the first power-up.

And regarding my most admired among mankind's engineering achievents, the top three are:
- The Golden Gate Bridge: perfectly proportioned, beautiful in every detail and earth-quake proof at the same time.
- Satellite navigation, because it combines spaceflight, electronics and physics in an affordable way that is useful for everybody.
- Concorde: the most beautiful object ever made my humans and in it's time the most technically advanced aircraft.

Regards
Max