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Cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water!!!
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http://www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsne...cm1000004eecbc cdrcrd.html?s_prop18=whatsnew http://tinyurl.com/8t6hr The Flying Luxury Hotel Tomorrow's cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water Joshua Tompkins This is not a Blimp. It's a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that could change the way you think about air travel. It's the Aeroscraft, and when it's completed, it will ferry pampered passengers across continents and oceans as they stroll leisurely about the one-acre cabin or relax in their well-appointed staterooms. Unlike its dirigible ancestors, the Aeroscraft is not lighter than air. Its 14 million cubic feet of helium hoist only two thirds of the craft's weight. The rigid and surprisingly aerodynamic body—driven by huge rearward propellers—generates enough additional lift to keep the behemoth and its 400-ton payload aloft while cruising. During takeoff and landing, six turbofan jet engines push the ship up or ease its descent. This two-football-fields-long concept airship is the brainchild of Igor Pasternak, whose privately-funded California firm, Worldwide Aeros Corporation, is in the early stages of developing a prototype and expects to have one completed by 2010. Pasternak says several cruise ship companies have expressed interest in the project, and for good reason: The craft would have a range of several thousand miles and, with an estimated top speed of 174 mph, could traverse the continental U.S. in about 18 hours. During the flight, passengers would peer at national landmarks just 8,000 feet below or, if they weren't captivated by the view, the cavernous interior would easily accommodate such amenities as luxury staterooms, restaurants, even a casino. To minimize noise, the aft-mounted propellers will be electric, powered by a renewable source such as hydrogen fuel cells. A sophisticated buoyancy-management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an airplane, allowing for precise adjustments in flight dynamics to compensate for outside conditions and passenger movement. The automated system will draw outside air into compartments throughout the ship and compress it to manage onboard weight. The company envisions a cargo-carrying version that could deliver a store's worth of merchandise from a centralized distribution center straight to a Wal-Mart parking lot or, because the helium-filled craft will float, a year's worth of supplies to an offshore oil rig. "You can land on the snow, you can land on the water," Pasternak says. "It's a new vision of what can be done in the air." Aeroscraft Purpose: Long-range travel for passengers who are more concerned with the journey than the destination Dimensions (feet): 165 h x 244 w x 647 l Max Speed: 174 mph Range: 6,000 miles Capacity: 250 passengers |
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Headline from the Futu
"Carnival Apologizes For AreoShip Dumping Waste on New York City" |
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steinbrenner wrote:
This article is posted sigline free. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsne...cm1000004eecbc cdrcrd.html?s_prop18=whatsnew http://tinyurl.com/8t6hr The Flying Luxury Hotel Tomorrow's cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water I love to fly, am crazy for all things that float or otherwise go in the air (rockets, planes, dirigibles, etc.), so I'd really enjoy something like this. I hope they realize their dreams and someday deploy this new concept in airships. |
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Cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water!!!
Where's my flying car???!!! Forget a flying cruise ship. I was
promised a flying car in the year 2000 and I want one!!! On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:42:59 -0700, PastaLover wrote: steinbrenner wrote: This article is posted sigline free. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsne...cm1000004eecbc cdrcrd.html?s_prop18=whatsnew http://tinyurl.com/8t6hr The Flying Luxury Hotel Tomorrow's cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water I love to fly, am crazy for all things that float or otherwise go in the air (rockets, planes, dirigibles, etc.), so I'd really enjoy something like this. I hope they realize their dreams and someday deploy this new concept in airships. |
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"PastaLover" wrote in message news:%gOJf.427$ 3,600 passengers going through TSA to get on a cruiseship! |
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If i want to be in the air,i will take a plane,for a cruise i want the
sea (.a cruise lover.) |
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Cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water!!!
Surfer:
Don't knock it until you try it. You might like going slow over coastlines where you can see a lot more than from a ship. Stops along the way will not be limited to sea/river ports and arrival/departures should not have to consider sea states. Anyway, it will be a bit of a wait before this form of transportation firms up so no need to prejudge it. Aloha |
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Cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water!!!
Thus spake "steinbrenner" :
This article is posted sigline free. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/whatsne...cm1000004eecbc cdrcrd.html?s_prop18=whatsnew http://tinyurl.com/8t6hr snip To minimize noise, the aft-mounted propellers will be electric, powered by a renewable source such as hydrogen fuel cells. A sophisticated buoyancy-management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an airplane, allowing for precise adjustments in flight dynamics to compensate for outside conditions and passenger movement. The automated system will draw outside air into compartments throughout the ship and compress it to manage onboard weight. Too much undefined technology. 2010 is only four years away and we are more than four years from having anything useful out of fuel cells. The company envisions a cargo-carrying version that could deliver a store's worth of merchandise from a centralized distribution center straight to a Wal-Mart parking lot or, because the helium-filled craft will float, a year's worth of supplies to an offshore oil rig. "You can land on the snow, you can land on the water," Pasternak says. "It's a new vision of what can be done in the air." All it takes is a runway. If it's not lighter than air, it will need some kind of infrasturcture. So much for the Wal-Mart idea. And no oil rig can deal with a year's worth of supplies. Aeroscraft Purpose: Long-range travel for passengers who are more concerned with the journey than the destination Dimensions (feet): 165 h x 244 w x 647 l What parking lot will this fit on? Max Speed: 174 mph Range: 6,000 miles Capacity: 250 passengers A solution in search of a problem. -- dillon Could have been is in the past Could be is in the future There is only the now |
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