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Airlander 10 Comes Unmoored and the Safety Features Work as Planned

posted by janrinok on Monday November 20 2017, @12:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the destruction-is-a-safety-feature dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

"The world's longest aircraft dubbed the 'Flying Bum' was seriously damaged on Saturday after it slipped its moorings and crashed into a field....
'The aircraft has a safety system which operates automatically in circumstances of the aircraft breaking free of its mast, and is designed to rip open the hull and deflate the aircraft.'"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5095481/

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @03:08AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @03:08AM (#599125)

    Helium cannot not be "made" yet (Fusion), so we wasted needed gas to space.

    Damn it, use Hydrogen. We got a lot in the sea. In emergency, it can be flared off - back to water it goes., just to be used again!

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  • (Score: 2) by BK on Monday November 20 2017, @04:29AM (2 children)

    by BK (4868) on Monday November 20 2017, @04:29AM (#599145)

    I mean, it's a good idea you have there but Oh! The humanity!

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    • (Score: 1) by shrewdsheep on Monday November 20 2017, @09:02AM (1 child)

      by shrewdsheep (5215) on Monday November 20 2017, @09:02AM (#599195)

      ... Oh! The Hindenburg! FTFY

      • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday November 20 2017, @09:26AM

        by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Monday November 20 2017, @09:26AM (#599199) Homepage
        > FTFY

        You didn't fix anything, as nothing was broken. In fact, it was you who broke something - the Herbert Morrison quote.
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by captain_nifty on Monday November 20 2017, @09:09PM

    by captain_nifty (4252) on Monday November 20 2017, @09:09PM (#599402)

    Actually helium is made pretty continuously by a number of radioactive sources, no fusion required. Alpha emitters emit alpha radiation particles which are the same as a helium nucleus, which will quickly find some electrons and form helium. The problem is collecting them in any quantity.

    This is where the helium in underground wells comes from, alpha decay from uranium in the surrounding rocks, which accumulates in underground natural gas pockets.