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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 1 month 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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[–] ReasonablePea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Why would a drone be incapable of flying higher and faster than a human driven aircraft?

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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

It's theoretically possible for them to do that. But not at the budgets currently available. This isn't just any human-driven aircraft.

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