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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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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (3 children)

NASA is researching quieter supersonic flight, and I can't help but think of how the (also Lockheed Martin) X-59-

Loooong boi

-has a extreme wing profile/nose, not unlike SR-71:

Almost as long

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[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago

8700 lbs max doesn’t seem like a lot, are they counting on the parabola for most of the acceleration I wonder?

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works [S] 1 point 6 hours ago (1 child)

I think the most likely explanation is something like this, they want data they can't otherwise get.

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[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 hour ago*

Machine learning + fluid dynamics?

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