Best Engineering Achievements

Question

Well, what is the best we have done? My top nominations would be something like:- James Webb- Hubble- Boeing 747- The transistor- Mars landers- ApolloI see that these are mostly space-based (my bias), so perhaps people could suggest more terrestrial ones?

channeleaton · Accepted Answer

ISSSome of the most complex machinery ever conceived, built in different countries, launched to the most inhospitable environment, and all those pieces had to work together the first time they touched.

vermarish · Answer

MRI, CRISPR gene editing

Kaibeezy · Answer

Hydrocolloid bandages

brudgers · Answer

Wheels.

Best Engineering Achievements

Well, what is the best we have done? My top nominations would be something like:
- James Webb
- Hubble
- Boeing 747
- The transistor
- Mars landers
- Apollo
I see that these are mostly space-based (my bias), so perhaps people could suggest more terrestrial ones?

ISS
Some of the most complex machinery ever conceived, built in different countries, launched to the most inhospitable environment, and all those pieces had to work together the first time they touched.

MRI, CRISPR gene editing

Hydrocolloid bandages

Wheels.