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Re: [OT] Fun space shuttle facts!
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Dave Oksner <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 22 Jul 2005 09:40:43 -0700
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On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 10:35:33AM -0600, Bill Cadier wrote:
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> And wasn't the SR-71 actually supposed to have been the RS-71? The
> story I heard was that Lyndon Johnson erroneously referred to it as the
> SR-71 and so it was renamed that. Apparently we don't want to let on
> that our presidents can actually make mistakes :-)

I've heard that story, too.  And though I don't know if it's true, I'll bet
there's at least someone on this list who can definitively confirm or deny
that.

Dave

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