▲ 557 ▼ NASA mysteriously trying to pull world’s fastest plane, SR-71 Blackbird, out of retirement — and won’t say why (nypost.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 343 comments fedilink hide all child comments Seeing Blackbird fly again after all these years would be incredible. I'd love to know what NASA has planned for it.
[+] lemonsorrel@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) lawl as long as you got your hate in, which isn't an addiction, btw, all good permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] lemonsorrel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago* While there's truth there, the SR-71 still holds the records for highest sustained speed and altitude of any publicly-known air-breathing aircraft 60 years after they were adopted. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) lawl as long as you got your hate in, which isn't an addiction, btw, all good permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] lemonsorrel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago* While there's truth there, the SR-71 still holds the records for highest sustained speed and altitude of any publicly-known air-breathing aircraft 60 years after they were adopted. permalink fedilink source parent