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I used to think it was just me, but glancing through the Slashdot thread that led me to this article shows I’m not alone — the people wants us some airships.

I’m not quite sure what the appeal is exactly, but there’s a kind romance associated with blimps and dirigibles doesn’t exist with other forms of transport. For me it has nothing to do with that “streampunk” nonsense or Jules Verne, I think it’s more the idea of sailing in and through air currents that intrigues me — the sky as an ocean.

As it turns out some people are taking the idea of building airships seriously again. From Popular Mechanics:

Always on the verge of a comeback, airships are back in the spotlight. DARPA recently announced funding for innovative, ballast-free tech. Can other companies keep up with designs that promise a new era of lighter-than-air transportation?

Oh, and for those who immediately think of the Hindenburg, here’s a couple things to keep in mind: 1)It was most likely the Hindenburg’s paint job that made it go up in flames, not the hydrogen and 2) if we judged airplanes by their initial failures we’d be a hell of a lot more afraid of them than airships.

Check out Wikipedia for more on what might have happened with the Hindenburg.

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