Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
Russia renamed its ambitious satellite program after Putin misspoke its name (arstechnica.com)
8 points by Tevias 969 days ago
2 comments
zeristor 969 days ago
‘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...

link
RadixDLT 969 days ago
why are russians always picking some latin name for their projects?
link
iavael 960 days ago
Sphere and ether are greek words.
link