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[DieChecker]

The problem with Helium is that it only provides one fourth the lift that hydrogen does. If this is going to be a cargo vehicle with internal storage, it will probably have to use hydrogen.

[Andromedan Starseed 333]

thats interesting it really is but besides what you guys say its intentions are what are your other guys intentions?any secret intentions or missions or etc behing it???because i find it really hard that you guys bare so loving and caring for the people as a whole.when it comes to any type of technology made from the arm services,government it always raises questions and red flags and wonder is there a secret agenda behind its so called purpose or creation.not that i'm expecting a honest answer from any of the government agencies they never been honest and would they start now right.its okay though there are good forces out there that really do have humanity best interest at heart and really do care for humanity as a whole.

[southron_98]

Taun, on 09 January 2013 - 04:57 PM, said:

Hydrogen is definitly NOT safer than gasoline... If anything it is much more hazardous... Helium or a helium/mix is the way to go...

There is no risk to the environment from hydrogen, because it is not toxic or corrosive. It is not any more dangerous than gasoline, natural gas or kerosene, based on testing.  Hydrogen has been perceived by the public as a dangerous and explosive gas. Most other fuels are explosive as well, but hydrogen has certain properties that make it safer, in some cases, and which actually make it preferable over other gases by industrial companies. It does not cover the ground the way gasoline does. The explosion hazard does not last for more than a few seconds after a spill if it occurs.

[southron_98]

What I found interesting and apparentedly no one else would be the descrition of this in flight.  "...Sightings take place near cities and on Interstate highways -- They are seen at low altitude in plain sight of eyewitnesses
-- They fly at extremely low speed or hover in plain sight of eyewitnesses -- The vehicles sometime fly with easily noticeable bright lights -- either blinding white lights, or have "bright disco lights" that usually flash combinations of red, green or blue..."  "....

Often, both craft are observed as totally silent, and at other times as having a droning type sound. They have been reported as illuminated like a carnival ride, normally with brighter lights on the leading edge than the trailing edge. And again the opposite applies, for equally they have been witnessed as just a gray or black metallic looking shape, gliding through the sky...".

[Majikwayz]

WOW....thats awesome!!

[TheMolePatrol]

Reminds me of the airship on Wall-E. Are our RedBox's taking over BlockBuster? Is self-checkout convienient when shopping at grocery stores? Isn't it badass we can wave our hands infront of the paper towel machine and it replies with a nice dry sheet of paper?
Won't it be badass when you can wake up and robots and mechanisms take care of every single chore in your life, to the point where you get chuddy buddy and your bones look like flimy fish skeletons?

[nothinglizx2]

o good a giant watermelon with shoes.

[s33ker]

waayyyyyyyyyy  coooollll

[redbundy]

... also moves at a fraction of the speed...

[Cherokee Wolf]

Very cool!

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marcos anthony toledo, on 09 January 2013 - 04:10 PM, said:

Lets bring backe commerial at a gasZepperlin for world wide cargo and tourist travel what a way to tour the world what a gas and lets use Hydrogen as the fuel safer than gasoline and more plentyful.

I also wonder if it could be profitable for "cruises".  Transatlantic/Pacific travels with beautiful vistas.  Shore excursions could be a bit dicey though

[cenobite]

is this actually real? i find this video quite bizarre, why would the military advertise new tech?

[Uncle Sam]

I wonder how it would hold up against air-defenses... Guessing it will only be deployed after all anti-air defenses are taken out and we have air superiority. Being a hydrogen craft that is basically one giant balloon floating in the sky, it would be quite easy to be downed and means tons of equipment lost in battle. Once again our government isn't thinking about what could happen and how to protect such a precious aircraft.

[aztek]

it doesn't matter, what matters is to secure funds.

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Uncle Sam, on 13 January 2013 - 01:28 AM, said:

I wonder how it would hold up against air-defenses... Guessing it will only be deployed after all anti-air defenses are taken out and we have air superiority. Being a hydrogen craft that is basically one giant balloon floating in the sky, it would be quite easy to be downed and means tons of equipment lost in battle. Once again our government isn't thinking about what could happen and how to protect such a precious aircraft.

When you think of it, cargo aircraft are just as vulnerable.  The key will be to only use them in situations for resupply not too close to a hostile area.  Massive amounts of supplies could be staged and all that would need be done is inflate and sail