I can't think of many technologies that meet this criteria, but when I think about NASA's Space Shuttle program, I think it is clearly "ageless technology." The Space Shuttle is scheduled for its final mission this month. The program retires after 30 years, 135 missions and having sent 356 people into space. I'm personally still in awe of a machine with about 2.5 million moving parts in its three main engines that can deliver a human into space in a mere eight and a half minutes. In my book there is no better example of ageless technology.
While I'm convinced that there are few ageless technologies, there are even fewer that have been scuttled when the technology is still viable. I'll miss the Space Shuttle program and the sense of adventure and discovery that it brings to all of us. I can only hope that it will be replaced some day by an equally ageless technology.
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