Why scientific developments depend not only on innovations in science but also on technology and engineering?

Question

and why investment is crucial.Illustrate by focusing on one particular development.

Answer 1

science may discover newtons laws, so that you could conclude scientifically that a rocket would work.

but it requires engineering and technology to actually build that rocket so it flies.

Answer 2

Theories may fit observable phenomena, but development in engineering may extend the range of observations making changes in theories necessary, or even whole new theories. For example improvements in telescopes, both optical and radio have made cosmological theories as they were unacceptable, because new things were seen the old theories did not account for. The same thing happened with the development of the electon tunneling microscope.

Answer 3

technology and engineering developments are the integral part for implementations of ideas, any innovation need technological support for advancement.