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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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[–] 15 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

I guess we can put to rest the idea that the US government has successfully reverse engineered UFOs. Because if they had, there would be absolutely no need to do this if we could fly anywhere in the world in minutes or seconds and invisibly.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (7 children)

    We have no way of knowing if they've overcome the obstacle of traveling long distances in space.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    Yeah but why would they do it to come here? I mean, gestures vaguely at everything

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