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https://spectrum.ieee.org/lta-airship-faa-clearance
Sergey Brin has been backing a light-than-air airship intending for humanitarian missions.
its reported 3,000 welded titanium hubs and 10,000 carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer tubes are light enough that it can use nonflammable helium instead of explosive hydrogen as a lifting gas.
Good to know. The article doesn't say what its payload would be.
The proposed Lockheed Martin LMH-1, which was supposed to begin commercial production in 2018 but didn't, was supposed to be able to carry 47000 lbs (21318.84 kg or 21.31884 tonnes).
Sergey Brin has been backing a light-than-air airship intending for humanitarian missions.
its reported 3,000 welded titanium hubs and 10,000 carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer tubes are light enough that it can use nonflammable helium instead of explosive hydrogen as a lifting gas.
Good to know. The article doesn't say what its payload would be.
The proposed Lockheed Martin LMH-1, which was supposed to begin commercial production in 2018 but didn't, was supposed to be able to carry 47000 lbs (21318.84 kg or 21.31884 tonnes).
