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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Top 10 most impressive engineering projects

We are starting a to 10 list, every day we will post the next best engineering project in the top 10 list.. 
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Moon Landing - Apollo 11

Every few decades, there has been an engineering feat that has made us truly believe in the power of human ingenuity in sparking social change and bettering the lives of people. Behind these achievements, there have been numerous remarkable engineers who dedicated their lives to creating these inventions.
The following engineering projects qualify as some of the most remarkable, because many of them achieved what was at one point deemed to be impossible and fulfilled the needs of modern day life by implementing audacious approaches to solving complex challenges. This article is a celebration of all those engineers who played the crucial roles in creating these amazing engineering feats.

10. Moon Landing

1969 Apollo Moon Landing
1969 Apollo Moon Landing
Neil Amstrong’s famous 1969 moon landing was surely “a giant leap for mankind,” forever changing how we approach what other consider hard and the impossible. The Apollo 11 mission placed two astronauts (Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin) onto the surface of the moon, successfully defeating Russia in the rush to the skies. This event marked a definitive point in the 20th Century and at the time helped cement the United States above Russia as the ‘greatest superpower’ whilst firing the imagination of generations of children.

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