[Land-speed] American Engineering

[Bryan Savage]

"And to think - this was done with 1950's technology."

Every time someone talking about cars says "their engineers are better 
than American
engineers", I get upset. Sometimes I will challenged them and ask who 
has built space craft
that have been more reliable than Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, which were 
designed and built
by American Engineers. I then go on about Ford's dominance at Le mans 
using American
Engineering.


The reason that Detroit cars are not as reliable as _some_ foreign cars 
is that American Management
will not let American Engineers do it.
Management is too busy working on contracts to get new iron wood desks.

Bryan

OBTW  Remember, the Japanese learned why they should build quality cars 
and how to do it,
             from an American, W. Edwards Deming.                  
  
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=W._Edwards_Deming_Institute&action=edit>