Stalking Venus

The New York Times has a fairly interesting article on the  modern airship and the people who are trying to turn them into a common sight in the sky. This pic is of the inside of a Zeppelin NT flying over the southern part of Germany.

The article basically waffles on a bit about global warming and the need for transport that doesn’t rely on massive amounts of fossil fuel. It also covers the Deutsche Zeppelin- Reederei company - successor to the builders of the Hindenburg, which crashed and burned all those years back (70 to be precise).

The article also talks about some French architect nutcase called Jean-Marie Massaud, who wants to build a massive airship that contains a luxury hotel with accomodation for 50 people. He calls the project the Manned Cloud. The above pic is an artists impression of the ship.

Check out the full article over at the New York Times.

Source: New York Times via BoingBoing