from Hacker News

Russia renamed its ambitious satellite program after Putin misspoke its name

by Tevias on 10/30/23, 8:31 PM with 3 comments

• by zeristor on 10/30/23, 10:10 PM

  ‘The tale said that President Johnson was supposed to name the Blackbird the “RS-71” and that he confused the letters, reversed them, and said “SR-71”’

  Turns out in this case the stenographer was muddled

  https://theaviationgeekclub.com/sr-71-or-rs-71-how-the-legen...

• by RadixDLT on 10/30/23, 9:20 PM

  why are russians always picking some latin name for their projects?