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Originally Posted by Monahammer
This is a great example of the ridiculous aerospace tech development curve we saw in the era right after the first crash retrieval program has been speculated (the first speculated being the fascist italy retrieval in the early 30s).
We went from the kitty hawk in 1903 to the Nighthawk in 1981. 78 years between never flying to flying hyper advanced stealth fighters.
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Rail engines in the 1820s when 10-15 miles per hour. Before the end of the century the could go 112 mph. I think you can find many crazy advancements in the Industrial Revolution that rival the aerospace developments on the 20th century.
Lots of modern technology is about manufacturing advancements rather than technological ones.
Also the roots of the semi conductor and the diode go back into the early 1800s starting with faraday. You had passing electricity through solids to emit electrons as precursors to the LED in the early 1900s. More importantly you have the discovery of band gaps by 1931 which is a fundamental concept in the semi conductor prior to the 1933 Italian incident.
Ther just isn’t a need for aliens to explain our technology. It feels like fundies saying the eye could never have evolved.