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Re:Tokamak Energy sets a temperature record among commercial... by Thorrez on Sunday March 13, 2022 @07:20PM (#30666780)
Sergey Brin uses his yacht for disaster relief. He has a charity that sends teams around the world to help with disasters.[1]

He also has a startup, LTA (Lighter Than Air), aiming to build blimps for humanitarian purposes.[2] According to this article he also wants to the blimp to be "luxuriously appointed" so it can be used as an air yacht.[3] LTA is based at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, and I know I've seen blimps take off and land there every once in a while. When I see one I always wonder if it's Sergey's blimp.

[1] https://www.thedailybeast.com/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-...

[2] https://www.ltaresearch.com/

[3] https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-airship-c...

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Re:Tokamak Energy sets a temperature record among commercial... by UberFly on Monday March 14, 2022 @03:47AM (#30669520)
Are we sure this isn't one of those tax-haven "foundations" that get you adulation and praise from the march-in-line media and a tax-free yacht and airship to use on the weekends? Maybe a "luxuriously appointed" "humanitarian" "tax haven"? I'm out of quote marks now.
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Re:Tokamak Energy sets a temperature record among commercial... by adhesive_wombat on Monday March 14, 2022 @01:26PM (#30675247)
Right? If he wanted to spend 80 million on humanitarian missions he'd be better to have bought the HMS Ocean when it was in sale. As a helicarrier with a proven track record in humanitarian missions, it's vastly better equipped than a party boat stocked up from Home Depot.
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