Correct! More broadly, they were all the product of war, either WWII, or the Cold War. It’s not a great sign that the only way to get massive coordinated technological and infrastructural movement in the US in the past has been because of war. But possibly, if viewed as a product of existential crisis instead of war specifically, it might be encouraging. We could call it The War on Climate Change, but that also has a bad history (e.g. The War on Drugs, The War on Poverty, etc. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luMdJAia-bw for more.)
All three technologies had prototypes in production before the war was over, but yeah, all three were perfected because of competitive pressures in the Cold War.
I'll take "What are technologies invented during WWII to get an edge on the enemy?" for $800, Alex.
That's rockets (Germany), computers (US & Britain), and nuclear fission (US & Germany (attempted)).
Correct! More broadly, they were all the product of war, either WWII, or the Cold War. It’s not a great sign that the only way to get massive coordinated technological and infrastructural movement in the US in the past has been because of war. But possibly, if viewed as a product of existential crisis instead of war specifically, it might be encouraging. We could call it The War on Climate Change, but that also has a bad history (e.g. The War on Drugs, The War on Poverty, etc. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luMdJAia-bw for more.)
All three technologies had prototypes in production before the war was over, but yeah, all three were perfected because of competitive pressures in the Cold War.