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The SR-71 Blackbird Astro-Nav System worked by tracking the stars (theaviationgeekclub.com)
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[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Am I missing something here? The Blackbird came out in 66, Star Wars in 77...are they saying it influenced the latter, or, did the star tracking come out after the movie?

[–] SpaceCrumbs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

'That was affectionately dubbed “R2-D2” after the Star Wars movie came out in 1977'

I read it as once the film was released the star tracking was then nicknamed R2.