Source: Sputnik International – sputniknews.com
Russian engineers are designing new advanced airships which may become a potent element of the country’s anti-ballistic missile defenses.
Source: Science 2.0 – science20.com
By Robert Walker May 3rd 2017
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JP Aerospace is an interesting company – in the city of Rancho Cordova, CA., California.. Their aim is to develop ways to send airships up into the stratosphere – and more controversially, all the way to orbit with their “Orbital Airships” vision. The airships would accelerate very slowly, at a rate of perhaps a few centimeters per second increase in speed every second, over several days, until they reach orbital velocity. Can they, or can’t they, or how far can they go?
Source: The Washington Post – washingtonpost.com
The balloon will float about 20 miles above Earth on a planned 100-day journey.
By Tom Brant
The Google co-founder is building an airship in a hangar near the company’s headquarters, Bloomberg reported.
Source: The Telegraph – telegraph.co.uk
By Luke Mintz
A fleet of hot air balloons claims to have set a new world record for the number of craft to have crossed the English Channel – but Guinness World Records says the new milestone will not stand unless they fill out the necessary paperwork.