▲ 532 ▼ NASA mysteriously trying to pull world’s fastest plane, SR-71 Blackbird, out of retirement — and won’t say why (nypost.com) submitted 1 day ago by Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 318 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.
[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (3 children) Can't they do all that with drones? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children) You need to deliver the drones to the location of interest though. And regularly bring fresh ones I guess. A stealthy and fast as fuck delivery platform would make sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CedricWhaley@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 child) I don't think the SR-71 has much cargo space if that's what you're suggesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] teslekova@lemmy.ml 3 points 19 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children) You need to deliver the drones to the location of interest though. And regularly bring fresh ones I guess. A stealthy and fast as fuck delivery platform would make sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CedricWhaley@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 child) I don't think the SR-71 has much cargo space if that's what you're suggesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] teslekova@lemmy.ml 3 points 19 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CedricWhaley@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 child) I don't think the SR-71 has much cargo space if that's what you're suggesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] teslekova@lemmy.ml 3 points 19 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] teslekova@lemmy.ml 3 points 19 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. permalink fedilink source parent