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NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart

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  1. Centigonal · · focus · HN ↗
    This feels like the steam catapault kerfuffle from earlier this year. Maybe I'm missing some vital reason these retired technologies must be revived, but it's not inspiring when our military doctrine is "let's go back to what worked 60 years ago"
    1. walrus01 · · focus · HN ↗
      Don't forget the new 'Battleship'. You should have seen the looks on the faces of some of the DoD people when they trotted out the big CGI rendered posterboard of the thing. They know it's a boondoggle and they're kicking the can down the road.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Trump-class_battleship" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Trump-class_battleship

      1. collabs · · focus · HN ↗
        Yes, like the graphic at the top shows multiple rockets launching simultaneously from the ship. Is this even something that came from what the navy needs or is it just an ego trip?
      2. FlowingRiver · · focus · HN ↗
        He just has to put his name on everything doesn&#x27;t he?

        I mean, Obamacare was just the nick name for the Affordable care act, but Don actively just has to have it put up there.

        1. saalweachter · · focus · HN ↗
          Obamacare was the branding by the ACA&#x27;s enemies, both to try to make it less popular and tie the President to its unpopularity.
          1. Tangurena2 · · focus · HN ↗
            It was amusing to watch videos of people denouncing Obamacare while demanding politicians &quot;keep their hands of my ACA&quot;.
      3. mrguyorama · · focus · HN ↗
        This is shit we used to make fun of the USSR for doing. We are the USSR during the gerontocracy phase right now.
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