e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 01/10/2026like, the piece doesn't actually explain what value could possibly be extracted from a teardown/reverse engineering (let alone "rebuilding supply chains," which is an entirely different matter) besides a whole lot of really vague hand-waving about how We Don't Do It Like We Used To 61021
e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 01/10/2026the entire idea that secret lost cold war wisdom is contained in the magical body of a decommissioned SR-71 and we need to put together a team to extract it is a fascinating insight into modern twelve-year-old brain syndrome12:33 AM · Oct 1, 2026 121504
Sagittarius A* @sagastar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlinei also refuse to believe we can't do better. materials science, if nothing else, has come a long way since it was made. 180
Stephen Edelstein @saedelstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlineThe only thing from the SR-71 that needs to be rediscovered is the concept of defense contractors paying for their own development work. 1352
John @localcelebrity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlineJust in time for an X-Men reboot 020
JauntyWunderKind @jauntywunderkind.bsky.social · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlineMore than a little bit rhyming with the Nazi's hunt for occult artifacts to win the war with. A belief in mythology over reality. 010
Matt - The Undead One @herculedupin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlinestatic.klipy.comArrested Development But It Might Work For UsALT: Arrested Development But It Might Work For Us 000
Misadventures In Astro @misadventures.astronomer.social · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlineMy first thought was Jared being a try hard and using this as an excuse to get some personal flight time that money can't [normally] buy. Also the cost to get her back to a safe operational level? Holy fuck. Maybe Jared preparing for the end of human space flight at NASA post ISS?static.klipy.comCute Kid Shrug MemeALT: Cute Kid Shrug Meme 000
Porter @porter79.bsky.social · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlineThey don't have the plans 🤯 000
alarmist morisette @technicalsquirrel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlinethese guys and the A-10 guys need to have their brains studied in a lab 020
cv-danes.com @cv-danes.com · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlineI dunno. I watched a documentary on some guys who dismantled and rebuilt a WW1 biplane using techniques and technology that would only have been originally available, and they were astonished at the engineering. The kind that humans armed only with slide rules and brainpower can do :-) 010
Raging Spirit @ragingspirit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlineIt's the continuation of the dumbfuck belief that there are lost technologies. There's an not-insignificant number of people who think that the Saturn 5's F-1 engine is something that was lost and it's the reason why there's no more moon landings. 120
rowast says abolish ICE now @rowast.com · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlineI'm looking forward to seeing one again soonish at the SAC museum where they have an insane display of it banking but that's where it belongs a museum Also wasn't it's titanium sourced out of the ussr 000
Bryce Harding 🇵🇸 @bryceharding.bsky.social · 01/10/2026↪ Replying to @niedermeyer.onlineIt's like they think it's a ufo & not an obsolete spy plane, that's too expensive to operate in a world where satellite tech does it cheaper & better. 000