Ves truly needed a moment to come to terms with this answer.
If the power of science was unable to solve a problem, then the power of gods may be able to provide a solution.
Just this statement alone was enough to detonate the mech industry!
Many mech designers started off by becoming strong believers that science and engineering could make anything possible!
By learning and applying the tech that humanity mastered, mech designers steadily came up with stronger and more versatile mechs.
Science and technology also offered a plethora of expanding possibilities to other engineers. Every generation, new and improved products came out that changed the lives of many people for the better.
Human society was built on the foundation of technology. Almost everyone involved in any industry relied on millenia's worth of technological accumulation to further the progression of human civilization.