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You can use hydrogen instead of helium. It's flammable sure, but so are gasoline and jet fuel. Plus it is hard to make it explode unless you inject oxygen.
by jeffreyrogers 7y ago
You can use hydrogen instead of helium. It's flammable sure, but so are gasoline and jet fuel. Plus it is hard to make it explode unless you inject oxygen.
- edaemon 7y agoHydrogen fell out of favor for airships after the Hindenburg disaster. It's much more dangerous than gasoline or jet fuel.
- klyrs 7y agoThere's an oft-debunked [1] theory that the paint on the Hindenburg was the issue. It was the hydrogen. https://www.airships.net/hindenburg-paint/ https://www.airships.net/hindenburg-paint/
- dmos62 7y agoI wonder if safe hydrogen designs are conceivable today.
- nwah1 7y agoEven if they were, which seems unlikely, the question of economic viability would come into play.