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minus-squareMrNesser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 hours agoAir ships should make a comeback Throw some solar panels on for electricity
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·4 hours agobecause hydrogen is famously inert and helium is abundant?
minus-squareVikthor@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 hours agoJet fuel isn’t exactly inert either and we now have another 90 years of advances in technology since the Hindenburg.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoHydrogen is a 100 times harder to contain than jet fuel.
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoOr environmentally friendly if leaked. And leaks will happen. I am somewhat confident that we could get a reliable H air ship, to be fair.
minus-squarechaosCruiser@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThat’s why you put a vacuum in there. It’s made of nothing, so it doesn’t react, and there’s plenty of it in the universe. Besides, it’s also lighter than anything else you could throw in there.
minus-squarearandomthought@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoPerfect. Now you only have to find a way to contain that vacuum that doesn’t involve thick, heavy walls and we’re good to go!
minus-squareRedGreenBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·45 minutes agoFantastium fibers should do it.
Air ships should make a comeback Throw some solar panels on for electricity
because hydrogen is famously inert and helium is abundant?
Jet fuel isn’t exactly inert either and we now have another 90 years of advances in technology since the Hindenburg.
Hydrogen is a 100 times harder to contain than jet fuel.
Or environmentally friendly if leaked. And leaks will happen.
I am somewhat confident that we could get a reliable H air ship, to be fair.
That’s why you put a vacuum in there. It’s made of nothing, so it doesn’t react, and there’s plenty of it in the universe. Besides, it’s also lighter than anything else you could throw in there.
Perfect. Now you only have to find a way to contain that vacuum that doesn’t involve thick, heavy walls and we’re good to go!
Fantastium fibers should do it.