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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:47:07 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


There has been some speculation that the oft rumored "Aurora" is really
a revamped, updated SR-71 design with a hybrid jet/scram jet engine
capable of extra-atmosphere flight.

It's also been rumored that the Aurora was canceled in the '90s, due to
the expense.

I guess the satellite guys won again.

Planes provide more timely information and you don't have to recalculate
the life of the plane's fuel load like you do with a satellite every
time it is moved.

Humint is much better than Elint.
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