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NASA floats million-dollar airship prize for 20-20-20 vision

Source: The Register – theregister.co.uk By Richard Chirgwin Balloons wanted: must stay 20km high for 20 hours and return 20kg payload.

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Airships That Carry Science into the Stratosphere

Source: nytimes.com – The New York Times By Joshua A. Krisch Modern Research Borne on a Relic Airships are dusty relics of aviation history. Lighter-than-air vehicles conjure images of the Hindenburg, in its glory and destruction, and the Goodyear Blimp, … Continue reading

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How Airships Are Set To Revolutionize Science

Source: MIT Technology Review – technologyreview.com Airships can patrol the upper atmosphere, monitoring the ground or peering at the stars for a fraction of a cost of satellites, according to a new report. All that’s needed is a prize to … Continue reading

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