21st Century
- 2001 - the Segway PT self-balancing personal transport was launched by inventor Dean Kamen
- 2004 – the first commercial high speed Maglev train starts operation between Shanghai and its airport.
- 2004 - the first spaceflight of SpaceShipOne, the first privately funded human spaceflight (21 June 2004).
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of Transportation Technology
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“Therefore the skilful leader subdues the enemy’s troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field.”
—Sun Tzu (6th–5th century B.C.)