Want to know something? The USA mounted a huge space race effort following Sputnik, got lots of engineers to buy in. They they laid them all off about 1970. We remember; we were there. It's a matter of trust.
It's not just trust, it's Central Planning. The government turned around and invested the aerospace budget in welfare.
A generation later we have a great welfare industry in the US, well supplied with trained personnel by the universities, and a shortage of engineers.
Well, it your job to figure out the next big thing, pay the expense of retraining, and start over again.