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The SR-71 Blackbird Was Effectively a Decoy for Space Satellites
“This is heretical to say, because it's so beloved, but I think the Blackbird was a decoy. We were getting everything we needed from space. We just didn't want anybody to know about it.”
Lockheed Missiles and Space Had a Bigger Impact Than Skunk Works
“What LMSC, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, did, I honestly think, like, it is bigger impact to the country, to the world, and certainly on business to Lockheed and to Silicon Valley than Skunk Works.”
Corona and Agena achieved multiple historical spaceflight firsts, including 3-axis stabilization
“So that system of the Corona and the Agena was the first spacecraft in history to do all of the following things. Achieve a circular orbit. Achieve a polar orbit. Be stabilized on all three axes in orbit. Because you kind of needed to be stabilized if you're g…”