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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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[–] 1 point 6 hours ago (5 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 5 hours ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

    Also, if they were billions of light years away and they looked at our planet from afar, they would see our planet billions of years ago. No reason to visit. What are the chances of a random visit?

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