[tra3]

Don’t even have to go back that far. US govt is calling for contractors to reverse engineer b2 bombers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26333649

[mhh__]

A B2 bomber and a completely unclassified car engine is a slightly different order of magnitude in terms of complexity.

If you want to run a current F1 car in 40 years time then you will need to RE it however because the Powertrain is complicated and totally custom

[jjav]

> If you want to run a current F1 car in 40 years

Never mind 40 years, F1 cars of even a couple years ago become impossible to run because just getting the engine started requires custom equipment and knowledge that often doesn't seem to be preserved year to year.