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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The problem is weight. The heavier the load the bigger the gas bag needs to be to carry that load. The whole thing very quickly gets out of proportion and considering they were using hydrogen the heavier the load the riskier it was.

Modern airships are helium-based, but helium is way too expensive to ever be commercially viable on a large scale.

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