The America of today is no longer the America 3 generations ago.
By comparison, the Apollo program that put a man on the moon required seven years, eight months, and 23 days. And — this is the really exciting part — everything about Apollo, from the massive Saturn V rocket to the “tiny” flight computer, had to be created from scratch. Those seven-and-a-half years included a monthslong delay following the tragic loss of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee during an Apollo 1 dress rehearsal that ended in a deadly crew capsule fire.
Construction began on the Hoover Dam on July 7, 1930, and five years later, it was complete. It started generating electrical power on Sept. 11, 1936 — exactly six years, two months, and four days after the first shovelful of dirt was moved.
The Empire State Building was fully erect (heh) after just one year and 45 days of construction.
But those were all 20th Century projects, back when we used to get things done. Welcome to 21st Century America, where everything is needlessly time-consuming, expensive, stupid, or (most likely) all three.
“”Welcome to 21st Century America, where everything is needlessly time-consuming, expensive, stupid, or (most likely) all three.””
Appears to be the case all right....Maybe our 20th Century was getting things done and not so much emphasis on control (minding everyone’s business but our own) and power!!!
It took the Romans about 15 years to build the famous Pont Du Gard which is 275m or 902 feet long.
The Roman Colosseum took about 10 years.
I guess we have regressed.