Fortunately engineering isn’t governed by such thinking. So just because someone else couldn’t do it, a very long time ago, doesn’t mean it wasn’t a good idea that should be looked at again. Imagine if some fool had told Frank Whittle (and the others that were also working on successful designs) that the jet engine had already been tried, where would we be now. The main reason it could fail in the US is a mixture of isolationism and… oh yeah, that’s the main thing.
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