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As dawn breaks over Silicon Valley, the world is getting its first look at Pathfinder 1, a prototype electric airship that its maker LTA Research hopes

The world’s largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley::As dawn breaks over Silicon Valley, the world is getting its first look at Pathfinder 1, a prototype electric airship that its maker LTA Research hopes

  • Lophostemon@aussie.zoneEnglish
    812·
    8 months ago

    That’s a lot of helium. WILL NOONE THINK OF TEH CHILDRENSES?!?!?

    Think of all those party balloons not sent up into the air to choke turtles out to sea!!!

    Think of all the funny squeaky voices not done by daddies to amuse their offspring and they end up passing out from oxygen deprivation!!!

    What a waste to put it in this dumb thing that’s gonna blow up anyway killing loads of peepos.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      92·
      8 months ago

      dumb thing that’s gonna blow up anyway killing loads of peepos.

      You’re thinking of hydrogen. Helium isn’t flammable.

      I agree that it’s a dumb thing, though.

      • Sneezycat@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        72·
        8 months ago

        Helium isn’t flammable at all. It’s a noble gas, which are notorious for their lack of reactivity.

        But I agree, it’s a dumb thing.

        • Jamil@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          8 months ago

          Aren’t we going through a helium shortage?

          Also, to get helium, you get it from natural gas. Seems like a bad choice when you’re trying to move away from fossil fuels.

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          8 months ago

          Helium isn’t flammable at all.

          Oops, gonna edit that

          noble gas, which are notorious for their lack of reactivity.

          Just like human nobles/rich and/or powerful people in general 😉

      • Lophostemon@aussie.zoneEnglish
        52·
        8 months ago

        Helium or Hydrogen it’s all CHEMICALS huh?!? I don’t want anything to do with CHEMICALS. You’ll never find any of that shit in MY body!!!

        Besides! What’s the sound that either gas would make rushing out of a hole in the side of that thing?

        WHOOOOOOSHSHSHSHSHSHSH

        • eltrain123@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          8 months ago

          I can’t tell if your being sarcastic or just a moron…

          You do realize that chemicals make up everything you put in your body… right?

        • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          8 months ago

          Damn right! And physics can fuck right off too! Trying to control what we can and cannot do like it owns the world! 😤