Deny's says:

> [OT] Fun space shuttle facts!
> 
> 
> It depends on what do you mean by " "lost" "?  There have 
> been A-12s, an M-12, several D-21 and several SR-71 that came 
> to grief, but they were all accounted for.  None of the 
> Blackbirds have ever been shot down.  There was a case of an 
> SR-71 (I forget the tail number) that totally lost contact 
> and never returned.  However, all Blackbirds had a type of 
> monitoring system that continuously fed back to base some 
> pieces of information and they were able to figure out what 
> happened to this one also.
> 
> 
> Denys


My guess is it reached escape velocity due to pilot error.


Tracy Johnson
Measurement Specialties, Inc. 

BT







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