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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)
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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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[-] devedeset@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 hours ago

There could be some legitimate uses (NASA operates U-2 spy planes over wildfires to this day) but it would not surprise me at all if it is for some dumb reason.

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