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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 4 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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[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Who cares why - this plane is so fucking awesome it’s an end unto itself.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Grandpa watched The Right Stuff last night, for the love of god someone disable his line to the Pentagon.

[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

No, “grandpa” grew up reading the X-Men and later learned what a marvelous piece of extreme engineering this plane actually is. I’ve seen variants at aerospace museums. They are truly beautiful to behold.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

This is likely the majority of the reason anyway