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		perlgeek on March 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is that ship still stuck? Ha, in the late 90s/early 00s, there was some buzz in Germany about building a huge freight airship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CargoLifter They went bankrupt, which is kinda sad. It had a designed lift capacity of 160t, so could theoretically lift several containers at once, given the right harness. (Of course I have no idea if it would be have been practical to use it to unload the containers, but the idea is certainly intriguing).

andi999 on March 26, 2021 [–]

The fundamental problem/flaw with that was when dropping off something you needed to somehow get a dummy load to not float away. (releasing the helium is not an option due to economical reasons)

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