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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You’d think they would have cruise line zeppelins.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Hindenburg only carried 70 passengers at its largest configuration, and it could only carry that many because they were forced to use hydrogen as the lifting gas instead of helium because of American export restrictions. Hydrogen carries more but is significantly more dangerous, and likely would not be used in any modern aircraft because of safety reasons. Perhaps modern advances in lighter materials and other weight saving methods could help, but even 100 paying passengers doesn’t seem commercially viable.