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Oh the Huge Zeppelin! World's Largest Airship Set to Launch This Year
Before you start wondering, the ship is filled with helium, not infamously inflammable hydrogen. Seven bags of the gas we found so amusing in our youth give the airship its lift, while the inner hull is full of ambient air. While the outer shell is only a sixteenth of an inch thick, its Kevlar composition makes for a skin that's tougher than steel. And, in case you're worried about the Bullet's carbon footprint, it's powered by algae biofuel.
While the Bullet could be used for sightseeing, its ability to hover in place gives it an edge over airplanes and satellites. The blimp could monitor weather patterns, serve as a near-space satellite itself or even keep watch over accidents like oil spills (ahem).
At a build cost of $7.9 million, we sure hope that this thing's safer than the ill-fated Hindenburg, but we're pretty confident that it is. One of the project's developers told the Daily Mail, "If you hit a hard landing, the airship is just going to kind of bounce." Well, hey! That seems like a lot of fun. Though... maybe not from 20,000 feet. [From: The Daily Mail]
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Subscribe to commentsassistsdMay 24th 2010 2:34PM
How are they going to get that thing out of the hangar?
leandercnnonMay 24th 2010 4:41PM
deflat by recompression.....to unground tanks..
al schraderMay 24th 2010 4:54PM
That balloon boy already has one of these...Al-
tnlinMay 24th 2010 6:46PM
Uh, through the door perhaps?
TEVAMay 24th 2010 3:22PM
Air ships could be a extreamly safe mode of travel. Unlike most modern aircraft if you had a problem you would be able to bailout of a airship.
I wonder how big one would have to be for personal travel?
How cool would that be to have one in your driveway.
John BrewerMay 24th 2010 3:30PM
The article states incorrectly (and I quote) "...infamously inflammable hydrogen." Hydrogen is flammable, not inflammable, and that was the problem with the Hindenburg. That is why today's blimps are filled with helium for their buoyancy, as helium is indeed inflammable.
Uncle WrinkleMay 24th 2010 5:28PM
Before you get your shorts in wad, flammable and inflammable have same definition in Webster's dictionary.
JCFosterMay 24th 2010 9:12PM
Look both words up. They mean the same thing. Flammable was created because many people misunderstood inflammable.
KenMay 24th 2010 6:49PM
From Dictionary.com...
in·flam·ma·ble
–adjective
1.
capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
2.
easily aroused or excited, as to passion or anger; irascible: an inflammable disposition.
brendanmccormackMay 24th 2010 6:49PM
Actually, no. Flamable and Inflamable mean the same thing. The opposite is Non-flamable. So helium is not inflamable, because it will not ignite. It is non-flamable. To make it even more confusing, incombustible also means non-flamable; inflamable and incombustible are opposites too.
in·flam·ma·ble
/ɪnˈflæməbəl/ Show Spelled[in-flam-uh-buhl] Show IPA
–adjective
1.
capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
John BrewerMay 24th 2010 11:11PM
I do stand corrected. My bad.
JFCMay 24th 2010 3:32PM
"Before you start wondering, the ship is filled with helium, not infamously inflammable hydrogen." INFLAMMABLE means that it won't explode, you idiot! The airship that exploded (the Hindenberg) was filled with infamously FLAMMABLE hydrogen, which is why it exploded.
the Real AndyMay 24th 2010 3:47PM
Da punkz dat rite deese tings done lurn houw do spel in skool. Day lurn houw do kut an paist. Spel chek ony lez yu no it's spelt rite, not if iz da rite wurd.
perzil323May 24th 2010 3:55PM
they mean the same thing retard
Uncle WrinkleMay 24th 2010 5:32PM
It would best if you checked the dictionary before you toss the idiot word around. It may be better fitting for you.
joeMay 24th 2010 3:46PM
Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing
Matthew ZurasMay 24th 2010 3:51PM
Actually, "inflammable" means that it's explosive. Really! Look it up. And that's why I said it in the first place.
the Real AndyMay 24th 2010 3:54PM
L I B !!!! Id duz meen da sayme ting !!!! Go figger !!!!
Paul M. MorganMay 24th 2010 3:46PM
Yes, they are among us.............people whose vocabulary rely on the words retard, and idiot.
WhizKidMay 24th 2010 7:12PM
...and they reproduce and vote