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World's Largest Airship Inflated to Create Monster 'Stratellite'
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| 5/20/10
Posted on 05/24/2010 10:48:42 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: CholeraJoe
I was thinking retractable roof, or open ended coliseum, ..nope.
the door at the end is big,, but I don’t think it will let the thing thru inflated.. I guess it can be deflated and hauled somehow..
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posted on
05/24/2010 11:39:16 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
To: CholeraJoe
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posted on
05/24/2010 11:39:29 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: 1776 Reborn
If it has a crew of eight, it functionally has no payload. Heck, a Ford F-350 can carry 2,000 lbs.
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posted on
05/24/2010 11:40:32 AM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: NormsRevenge
enuff to hold 4-500 lb. JDAMS. Silent killer. Just go upwind and turn off the motors. Never hear it coming.
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posted on
05/24/2010 11:41:24 AM PDT
by
halfright
(My presidents picture is in the dictionary, next to the word, "rectum".)
To: 1776 Reborn
2000 lbs of high-bandwidth link electronics over that much surface area at 80K ft is a money making proposition. Consider the size and cost of communications satellites, and how much they earn. A couple of hundred pounds of electronics way up high is a moneymaker.
/johnny
To: Army Air Corps
There are still some applications for airships, but this isnt it.Surveillance? Microwave relay?
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posted on
05/24/2010 11:44:39 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
To: NormsRevenge
Umbella, Man-Made Global Warming solved.
To: Little Pig
Smoking room inside the Hindenberg
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posted on
05/24/2010 11:45:45 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(I gave to Joe Wilson the day after, to Scott Brown seven days before and next to JD Hayworth.)
To: from occupied ga
Among others. Also, specialised cargo delivery to areas without an airfield (can carry more than many helicopters). Even medevac from remote areas. Personally, this particular airship looks more like a “gimmie stimulus money” project than a serious contender.
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posted on
05/24/2010 11:48:14 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Richard Kimball
Heck this truck could carry that too! lol
To: JRandomFreeper
Yeah, maybe so. Perhaps they could turn them in to vegetable green houses too.
To: 1776 Reborn
Yeah, but the deer will see you coming for miles? lol I don't know. I don't think deer have any natural air-borne predators, so they probably don't look up that often.
And either way, I'd paint my blimp sky blue, and hunt at night...
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
05/24/2010 12:00:24 PM PDT
by
The Comedian
(Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
To: The Comedian
Yeah, you could just throw beer bottles at them. lol
To: NormsRevenge
I’ve read articles about using airships as an alternative to satellites. They can’t cover nearly as much area as a geo-sync orbit sat, but they cost a fraction and are much more easily replaced. Pretty cool stuff.
To: Army Air Corps
In the linked article a reference was made to ‘filling it with algae,’ the article simply seemed to disappear and I can’t get it back — so are they using methane for a lifting gas?
Wouldn’t seem practical.
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posted on
05/24/2010 12:21:09 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
To: frithguild
Apart from the irony (and maybe they really felt they had isolated it enough from the gas envelopes), just look at all that polished aluminum. Say what you like about the politics, and the science that used aluminum-based paint, but those were some truly impressive machines.
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posted on
05/24/2010 12:26:44 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
To: JRandomFreeper
Think “domestic surveillance”!
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posted on
05/24/2010 12:29:36 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(......and then there were none.)
To: NormsRevenge
Here’s the reference to algae, but no explanation...
“Our airships are radically different designs that move beyond the performance limitations of traditional blimps or zeppelins by combining advanced technology with simple construction and the ability to fuel with algae, protecting our environment,”
(S)aid Michael Lawson, chairman and CEO of E-Green Technologies.
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posted on
05/24/2010 12:42:56 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
To: Old Professer
I think that they were referring to algae-based fuel for propulsion.
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posted on
05/24/2010 1:02:15 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: SwedishConservative
Well, they can be used in lieu of transmission towers. An aerostat could be used for TV and Radio broacasting over a wide area.
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posted on
05/24/2010 1:05:38 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
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