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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
...UK Ministry of Defense thinks so too as they are on a big recruitment drive for top level motorsport experienced folk...
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A few years ago I shared a row on a transatlantic flight with a young engineer from one of the F1 teams - don't recall which one.
We were there supporting the US/UK work related to the Continuous at Sea Deterrent (Trident SLBM systems). It was funny to contrast his (go fast and change as quickly as possible/necessary!) and my (different is bad, better is different therefore better is bad) core professions.
What a strange world to _not_ be striving to do things exactly as they were 40y ago... Progress rather than engineering archaeology. As interesting as Whitehall and as charming(?) as Reading/Aldermaston/Burghfield are, it would have been cool to take one of those trips to see the F1 machine. Perhaps the Nuclear Weapons Industrial Complex should champion a racing league of "brand new" cars built just as they were in 1982?