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Sergey Brin Has a Secret Plan to Put Airships Back in the Skies (bloomberg.com)
29 points by Ankaios on May 25, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



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.


And you can display ads on them.


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


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

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




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