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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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[–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

Neither does the SR-71.

fucking Google F35 software issues, chronic problems. they can't fix it.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/f-35-software-upgrades-stagnated-warns-new-report-ps-031726

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/02/f-35-programs-software-development-isnt-getting-any-better-pentagon-report-finds/402725/

https://www.defensenews.com/smr/hidden-troubles-f35/2021/07/16/the-number-of-major-f-35-flaws-is-shrinking-but-the-pentagon-is-keeping-details-of-the-problems-under-wraps/

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Those links aren't smoking guns.

    The first details troubled rollout of software upgrades, "upgrades" being the key word. That's really just the nature of complicated software development in general. The previous complete package of software is already up-to-task and running it longer than desired isn't a huge issue.

    The second says they can't fix multiple problems simultaneously, which is again another common software development reality and a very different statement than not being able to fix things.

    The third flat out says the opposite in that many fixes actually have been completed, just not all of them yet. It's an adjacent issue, but the headline also frames the secret keeping as a bad thing when that's just a sensible thing to do.

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