What is today's greatest, man-made, constructed achievement?
Something that is on the level of the ancient pyramids of Egypt.
2006-06-16 12:18:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
In a different way and it s not that new, I have to go with the Panama Canal.
2006-06-16 12:26:58 · answer #1 · answered by skyyn777 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
seven modern wonders
The Great Eastern
The Bell Rock Lighthouse
The Brooklyn Bridge
The London Sewers
The Transcontinental Railroad
The Panama Canal
The Hoover Dam
2006-06-16 12:22:54 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In our life time what has changed everything from commerce to our daily lives for the better is the integration of the desk top computer into the world wide web. This includes the hardware that allows everything to be possible
Before this we could not get a map of everywhere in this country at a moments notice. We had no automatic withdraw. We could not have the inventory precision we have today that allowed us to have a revolution in retail. The list goes on forever.
2006-06-16 12:37:55 · answer #3 · answered by eric l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And what exactly did putting man on moon give us? Can you imagine a world now without the Internet? The fact that they put a man on the moon before the Internet was developed, suggests that on a technological level, the Internet was also a greater achievement.
2016-05-19 21:53:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Petronias Towers-Malaysia
2006-06-16 12:51:11 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The internet (meaning the physical network) / phone networks are a pretty amazing achievement to me.
2006-06-16 12:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by seek_out_truth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about the world's electricity grids and treated drinking water supply systems?
2006-06-16 17:32:33 · answer #7 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Palm Island in Dubai? Or the other ones they are currently building.
2006-06-16 12:24:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the US Interstate Highway system !?
fifty years and still in work.
there's no single right answer to this one.
2006-06-16 12:26:29 · answer #9 · answered by wg0z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well we put a man on the moon
2006-06-17 00:43:20 · answer #10 · answered by dd964vet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋