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> American lost engineering culture everywhere except software

microprocessor design : Apple Silicon and lately Intel Panther Lake and later?

Both companies created in the previous century and running on old fuel of past success

that looks like reinvesting profits from innovation in hopes of more innovation

Yea that's why the only three orbital grade reusable boosters are American. Lmao.

But our bridges and infrastructure are crumbling

Those are issues of priority and revenue generation, not capability.

Soon we won't have the capabilities. See the nuclear industry and how we don't have the people and training to do the work anymore.

There are 342 million people here. We'll be fine.