Russian Engineers Develop New Surveillance, Missile Defense Airships

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.

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Can Giant Airships Accelerate to Orbit (JP Aerospace’s Idea)?

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?

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NASA Hopes a Stadium-size Balloon Will Shed Light on Mysterious Particles

Source: The Washington Post – washingtonpost.com

The balloon will float about 20 miles above Earth on a planned 100-day journey.

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Sergey Brin Might Be Building a Giant Airship

Source: PC Mag – pcmag.com

By Tom Brant

The Google co-founder is building an airship in a hangar near the company’s headquarters, Bloomberg reported.

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Cross-Channel Hot Air Balloon Record May Not Stand After Gaffe, Warns Guinness World Records

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.

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