[choicewords]

The reality is there is still plenty of hard, material stuff that needs to be made.

Just look at SpaceX. It's cool, it's tech and it is most certainly hard material science.

We won't be able to make it with just soft skills and software. Improving our material lives (including not wasting resources) matters.

[duaneb]

Hard material science is light years from manufacturing jobs.

[Inconel]

While true, aerospace is still probably one of the best skilled labor/manufacturing jobs available. There are quite a few regulations and certifications that need to be followed/held which makes it more difficult/costly to outsource.

In the case of SpaceX or similar companies that fall under ITAR or do classified work, meeting those security requirements is an additional hurdle to outsourcing, although automation will still have an impact.