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xkcd #3298: Aerospace Flowchart (thelemmy.club)
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xkcd #3298: Aerospace Flowchart

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Someday, we will find the problem that goes with this solution.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3298/

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Someday, we will find the problem that goes with this solution.
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[–] 5 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I find it odd that the answer is ALWAYS no. Surely at least one problem has been solved by building giant airships.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    Airships are the most expensive, worst and most dangerous solution to any problem.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (7 children)

    i disagree. you could build catamaran-style airships.

    that sounds far more expensive and more dangerous.

    not worse though, that sounds way cooler.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Building a worse airship is still building an airship.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    And name them Akron and Macon.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    i was going to name them after match companies but i like your idea

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Oh you must be European, if you're concerned about fires aboard airships. American airships don't burn; we've never been stupid enough to use hydrogen as a lifting gas. USS Akron and USS Macon both crashed, much of the crew of one froze to death and the other proved surprisingly survivable. Compare that to the Hindenberg or R-101.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child)

    No we use good old fashioned methane yes sir patented blimp gas here

    I have spent the last year trying to find copies online of a musical some friends wrote while I was in college. It's called Hindenburg: Oh the Humanity!

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