Sergey Brin Has a Secret Plan to Put Airships Back in the Skies(bloomberg.com)

29 pointsby Ankaios3 lata temu4 comments

Sergey Brin Has a Secret Plan to Put Airships Back in the Skies

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-05-25/inside-google-founder-sergey-brin-s-secret-plan-to-build-airships

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bombcar3 lata temu

I really think the main advantage of airships is the space - you can have "wide open spaces" because there's no real cost to lifting more "air".

I also think we need to seriously consider using hydrogen again, Hindenburg notwithstanding.

hulitu3 lata temu

And you can display ads on them.

leobg3 lata temu

There was also CargoLifter [1]. Their hangar is now an indoor tropical resort.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CargoLifter

neom3 lata temu

There is a French company called Flying Whales doing some pretty interesting stuff in Airships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0hpcpnWAsQ