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Cargo Airships Are Happening

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220 points elidourado | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.317s | source
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metalman ◴[16 Oct 24 22:16 UTC] No.41864385[source]▶
cargo airships are not ever gona happen pure unobtainium we are domehow glosding over the imposibility of combining a transport ship with a built in mega crane,that has no fixed base or solid anchoring system all bulk cargo operations are dangerouse enough already cargo airships can not be engineered to work zeeeero
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1. hbrav ◴[16 Oct 24 22:19 UTC] No.41864411[source]▶
Cargo airships are not going to replace container ships, but they may well have their niche. One such use-case is prompt delivery of supplies that are urgently needed in high quantity in underdeveloped areas. For example, delivering some grammar to the parent comment.