More for Thunderbirds fans :-)
Posted on 02/01/2008 5:11:43 PM PST by Stoat
More for Thunderbirds fans :-)
These guys know so little about the subject that they can't tell the difference between the lifting gas and the fuel.
I smell a scam.
Just out of curiosity, how can helium be used as a fuel?
Okay, now Chemistry class was a long time ago, but don't they mean burning hydrogen? How are they going to burn helium - The Mr Fusion 2000?
Cool!
I’m guessing that it’s merely a typo for “filling”....it probably wasn’t meant to be “fueling”.
Bear in mind that the quotations are coming from a French spokeswoman who is speaking to a British tabloid.....this is not exactly the vehicle for incredible verbal and technical precision :-)
Thunderbird 2 was always my fav.
Indeed...I'm delighted that their reading of the world economy is such that they feel confident in a project like this being a lucrative one.
Unfortunately, it's also a terribly tempting terrorist target.....they love to blow up stuff that muslim countries could never come up with or even dream of on their own (which is most things, come to think of it). Hopefully there will be appropriate safeguards.
Me too! I always loved the concepts of the different pods that they could select based upon their mission, as well as the way it was launched..
Surprisingly, airships are now more popular today than even back in their heyday. They are an excellent way to carry heavy cargo long distances both over land and sea. But, with modern technology, they are becoming far more practical.
1) Fire fighting. Unlike planes and helicopters, airships can carry much more water to a wildfire. Plus, they can not only drop it all at once, but they can “rain” for an extended time on a fire and the surrounding area, which strongly inhibits such fires. It can also land directly on a body of water to quickly recharge its tanks.
2) Communications. High altitude airships can act much like communications satellites, and transfer wide bandwidths of information. Even a single airship high over Kansas could handle much of the satellite traffic of the United States.
3) Combat surveillance. Airships could make high detail video record all outdoor movement in a combat area. Thus, any enemy attack could be traced back to its source, and where it retired to after the attack. Not just people, but vehicles could be monitored. It would be far higher than all but advance surface to air weapons.
4) Anti ballistic and cruise missile defenses. At high altitude, able to see both high flying and below the radar attacks from far away.
Gotta keep 'em in the air lest they build ugly hotels everywhere. Makes sense.
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