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Re:Some scientists are serious about resurrecting zeppelins ... by crca on Thursday November 28, 2019 @11:31PM (#21662071)
Airships don’t make sense for commercial travel. But they make a lot of sense for transporting cargo, specifically to regions that are difficult to serve by road or rail. LM has had a scalable, deployable system for years but no one has pulled the trigger on actually buying it yet.
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Re:Some scientists are serious about resurrecting zeppelins ... by tropo on Thursday November 28, 2019 @11:45PM (#21662108)
An ordinary suburban location is difficult to serve by road if you'd like to ship a large house.
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Re:Some scientists are serious about resurrecting zeppelins ... by scythe on Thursday November 28, 2019 @11:52PM (#21662138)
I hadn't even considered that. You could blimp all sorts of things that won't fit on the road. Houses, windmill blades, HVAC units, pods for modular buildings, extremely large pianos, ...
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Re:Some scientists are serious about resurrecting zeppelins ... by ryacko on Thursday November 28, 2019 @11:48PM (#21662120)
Narrow gauge is a good solution for mountainous or rural areas, but infrastructure intensive solutions require government investments.
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