tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post7857407978407108765..comments2023-07-14T07:42:45.273-05:00Comments on Beam Me Up - Science & Science Fiction news: Floating airliners & Hotels?Beam Me Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-86877411373744227282008-07-06T18:48:00.000-05:002008-07-06T18:48:00.000-05:00Yeah, the US knew exactly what it was doing. I wo...Yeah, the US knew exactly what it was doing. I would not be surprised if there wasn't an incendiary round fired from some unobtrusive location. The US wanted to do everything in it's power to cripple the zeppelin program. They were well aware that it made an excellent long distance munitions platform (England found that out) Plus it made all other transAtlantic forms of travel look antiquated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-76068047604206613672008-07-06T17:57:00.000-05:002008-07-06T17:57:00.000-05:00The Germans actually wanted to use helium for thei...The Germans actually wanted to use helium for their dirigibles, not hydrogen, but could not get sufficient amounts of it (the US for eg would not trade). <BR/><BR/>I wonder how the course of (air) history might have changed had they used helium?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com