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The world's largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley
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You could make all those arguments about cruise ships, yet they still exist. At least this will be more environmentally friendly
Cruise ships are more about the amenities on board. Not sure how many amenities you could get on an airship because of the weight. So it would be a two days boring as hell trip and most people aren't going to give up the vacay time to sit around and do nothing.
Right, so we need holodecks! Someone convince Bezos or Musk that they are feasible "in five years," or "next year."
I mean... if you have some idea for creating the kind of matter/energy conversion technology needed for a holodeck you'd probably end up richer than both of them combined.
Yes, and I could see some equivalent to a cruise line possibly, but that's really it... there's no practical use for this, only tourist stuff.
Also cruise ships are like floating hotels with hundreds of rooms, with giant shopping malls and resorts attached. You don't get any of that on an airship because there isn't enough space or carrying capacity.