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If the unmanned zeppelins operate some time without any such incidents, maybe they'll reconsider this aspect. > An unmanned hydrogen filled airship may spare p
by perlgeek 7y ago
If the unmanned zeppelins operate some time without any such incidents, maybe they'll reconsider this aspect.
> An unmanned hydrogen filled airship may spare passengers and crew in case of an accident because there is none of either, but if catches fire over a stadium or a highway while carrying 5 grand pianos that wouldn't make it less deadly than the Hindenburg.
The riskiest bits seem to be takeoff and landing, so one should take care that those don't happen near a stadium, at the very least.
- squarefoot 7y agoAs of today, one more problem with big slow bags filled with hydrogen flying around, is also that any fool armed with a shotgun and explosive bullets, or probably even a small drone carrying a small homemade explosive charge can bring them down. In a perfect world I wouldn't even think about that eventuality, but alas this one is far from being perfect.