> Fwiw, the SR-71 was not engineering excellence. It was slapped together to do what needed to be done. For whole industries, this is the definition of enginee

> Fwiw, the SR-71 was not engineering excellence. It was slapped together to do what needed to be done. For whole industries, this is the definition of engineering. Anything that is done but is not needed is frivolous extravaganza.