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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The SR-71 Blackbird Astro-Nav System worked by tracking the stars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.