Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoNASA mysteriously trying to pull world’s fastest plane, SR-71 Blackbird, out of retirement — and won’t say whynypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square244fedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1419arrow-down1external-linkNASA mysteriously trying to pull world’s fastest plane, SR-71 Blackbird, out of retirement — and won’t say whynypost.comIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square244fedilinkfile-text
Seeing Blackbird fly again after all these years would be incredible. I’d love to know what NASA has planned for it.
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoI mean if it’s the fastest, why would it really be retired? It’d be like Michael Phelps retiring after his first gold medal.
minus-square_skj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 hours agoThey are expensive to fly and maintain and their primary purpose as a high-altitude spy plane has been taken over by satellites. They are still really cool, we just don’t have a good use for them.
I mean if it’s the fastest, why would it really be retired? It’d be like Michael Phelps retiring after his first gold medal.
They are expensive to fly and maintain and their primary purpose as a high-altitude spy plane has been taken over by satellites.
They are still really cool, we just don’t have a good use for them.