The following is my personal opinion, of course - no science...
I don't think that there can be too many mechanical engineers in a country... Human beings and human life are determined by the usage of tools: automobiles, sewing machines, computers etc. Tools represent an immense value in our personal lives and in our culture and the new aspects of environmental protection and recycling only increase our need for new machines... Actually it is machines that make our lives easy and comfortable (washing machine or vacuum cleaner) - so easy and comfortable that we have even got time and energy for thinking, day-dreaming or socializing...
Yes, NASA is not only depending on the new Space Launch System - but also on vacuum cleaners in the homes of NASA employees... (This is space age...) That's why I think that if a country or a region want to become richer and want even more civilisation then they should educate engineers without limits - because engineers and their machines enable a culture of higher level among others...
This is only one way of creating culture and value in a country... But I would be very interested in the percentage of engineers in the population of very rich and leading countries like Germany, Japan or the USA - e.g. compared to Hungary or Sudan... In Hungary engineers don't really have any prestige - while in Germany you have the expression "art of engineering" and in the USA there is NASA...
Hoooooo!
Best wishes, Joseph de la Mikula and Team
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