1. In what ways, if any, have the tasks of maintaining technologies changed from ancient times to the present? Are people in developing countries at a disadvantage in maintaining scientific technologies like cars?
2. Why was Ford’s vision of maintenance wrong?
3. Do more advanced technologies always require more maintenance? Why or why not?
4. Is it unfair to regard maintenance engineers and technicians as being somehow inferior to design engineers? What has battleship and military technologies (B-52 bombers) maintenance enabled?
5. Which countries developed nuclear capacity right after the Second World War? How was each nation’s nuclear program different and what did each nation contribute?