Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026
Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026 No comments by: Tom Nardi October 4, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy If you’re interested in aerospace, there’s an excellent chance you’ve heard the rumor that NASA is trying to get its SR-71 flying again. Or at the very least, they are interested in what exactly it would take to bring the iconic Mach 3+ spy plane back online. Several individuals who worked on the plane while it was operational have since claimed NASA representatives contacted them about potentially refurbishing it.
- ▪Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026 No comments by: Tom Nardi October 4, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy If you’re interested in aerospace, there’s an excellent chance you’ve heard the rumor that NASA is trying to get its SR-71 flying again.
- ▪Or at the very least, they are interested in what exactly it would take to bring the iconic Mach 3+ spy plane back online.
- ▪Several individuals who worked on the plane while it was operational have since claimed NASA representatives contacted them about potentially refurbishing it.
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Hackaday Links: October 3, 2026 No comments by: Tom Nardi October 4, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy If you’re interested in aerospace, there’s an excellent chance you’ve heard the rumor that NASA is trying to get its SR-71 flying again. Or at the very least, they are interested in what exactly it would take to bring the iconic Mach 3+ spy plane back online. The story started a couple of weeks ago when NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced the agency would be reinvesting in their famed “X-Plane” experimental aircraft program in an effort to get “back in the business of flying high and fast again.” Not long after, keen-eyed observers noted that the SR-71 that had been sitting on the tarmac at the Armstrong Flight Research Center in California had been moved to an unknown location.
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