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Re:Sergey Brin rumored to be building an airship for humanit... by fnj on Friday May 26, 2017 @11:23AM (#14424688)
It's not just the strength that is lacking. The thin shell would buckle long, long before the compressive strength limit was reached. We are talking orders of magnitude.
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Re:Sergey Brin rumored to be building an airship for humanit... by phreeza on Friday May 26, 2017 @12:47PM (#14425419)
Yea, the numbers in the linked article are based on Zoelli's formula for the critical buckling pressure of a sphere.
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