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1. whatever1 · 1791095242 · focus · HN ↗

   I wonder for such abandoned projects with non existent supply chain/know-how/documentation, whether there is any benefit of trying to revive them instead of starting from scratch.

   1. walrus01 · 1791097313 · focus · HN ↗

      I would bet good money it's one of two things:

      a) Some clearly preposterous order that originated with the demented commander in chief, and they're just going through the motions. Same concept as ordering steam catapults put back on aircraft carriers.

      or

      b) Intentional misdirect/bait to send various groups of people off in a wrong direction as cover for something else entirely.

      1. GolfPopper · 1791099513 · focus · HN ↗

         I wouldn't leave out: c) The rot has become so pervasive, in the manner of the late Soviet Union, that the people issuing the orders are completely disconnected from the reality on the ground.

         This differs from 'a' in that the decision is not humoring the momentary whim of a mad dictator, but an a deliberate decision by a group of professionals (at least in theory), who have destroyed any possible means of connecting themselves with real information.

         1. skhr0680 · 1791162447 · focus · HN ↗

            > who have destroyed any possible means of connecting themselves with real information.

            See: Special Military Operation. It was always surprising to me that the Russians essentially repeated the same mistakes from the first Chechen war after seemingly learning from them by the early 2000s

      2. nxobject · 1791117448 · focus · HN ↗

         As a joke (d), Isaacman wanted to confirm whether the first “A” still stood for “aeronautics”.
      3. ahelwer · 1791162228 · focus · HN ↗

         Unfortunately you might be out your good money, as the more plausible explanation is that current NASA administrator Jared Isaacman loves restoring &amp; flying old airplanes (see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Draken_International" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Draken_International) and who wouldn&#x27;t love restoring something as iconic as the SR-71?

         1. johnnyApplePRNG · 1791171578 · focus · HN ↗

            What a waste of extremely limited resources at NASA, then.

            The administrator just wants to fly it around? Seriously?

            What a joke.

            1. anon48293 · 1791179357 · focus · HN ↗

               I feel like passion projects can be worth it. You’d want passion, and to attract people who want to work on cool stuff and do difficult or impossible things just because they’re hard or fun.

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