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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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[-] CedricWhaley@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago

I don't think the SR-71 has much cargo space if that's what you're suggesting.

[-] teslekova@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago

Imagining an SR-71 crewmember now opening a little hatch and awkwardly shoving little drones out, to see them instantly torn apart in the winds at the slowest speed it can go, 850 km/h.

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