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NASA mysteriously trying to pull world’s fastest plane, SR-71 Blackbird, out of retirement — and won’t say why (nypost.com)

submitted 5 days ago by Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Seeing Blackbird fly again after all these years would be incredible. I'd love to know what NASA has planned for it.

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[–] BillionaireStew@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Perhaps NASA is doing it to make a trophy that might impress the imbecile emperor in hopes of securing funding for space science.

Like in Rainbow Mars when the Time Travel Bureau has to go on safari to capture extinct pets for their imbecile emperor.

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[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Sorry Blackbird fans, they just need the bits to resurrect Optimus Prime

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[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 points 4 days ago

They can make it to space, so....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07IEFNt0TuM

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

The SR-71 is the fastest production plane ever made that we know of. If one is being brought out of retirement, my first inclination would be to think it's because something bad happened and they ran out of "Auroras" or whatever even faster black project jet they replaced it with.

[–] CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social 6 points 5 days ago

Or America stopped being able to make them natively.

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[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

To test against the SR-72.

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