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Originally Posted by Michael Thayne
This seems like a common problem for a certain type of fictional character. For example, Star Trek's Zefram Cochrane might need both Engineer (Spacecraft)-21 and Engineer (Warp Drive)-21.
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Cochrane strapped his warp engines (and a crew capsule) to an ICBM, the modifications would not be quite as involved as a completely new design. Incidentally, all the early manned missions were also a crew capsule stuck on a ballistic missile (or a close derivative thereof).