It's kind of impressive, the things that the United States has accomplished.
The Transcontinental railroad: Great lines of steel cross an entire continent, contending with deserts, mountains, and more.
The Panama Canal: We dug through a continent in order to connect two oceans for our convenience.
The National Highway System: We can drive from Los Angeles to New York city and never once have to cross country or drive on a dirt road.
The Apollo Program: You see that giant rock in the sky, the one orbiting earth? Yeah, we landed on it, and in the process created the foundation of 4 out of 5 technologies you are using right now.
The Human Genome Project: We unraveled the code that is responsible for the existance of the human race, we created the technology that allowed us to do this in far less than a human lifetime, and we're not done yet.
The Mars Missions: Some dude is driving a life-size R/C truck around the red planet right now. From earth. For Science.
According to Sid Meier, at least, many of these are wonders of the modern world.
Hmm... I just realized, all these were accomplished by the federal government.
Hey, private industry, what have you been up to again? Visit any other planets recently?
