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by jodrellblank 1715 days ago
The Zeppelins were not squalid or horrible, but they were incredibly spartan and not at all Luxury compared to what a cruise ship can do with a lot of mass. Here's a reproduction Hindenburg passenger cabin[1], compare with a cabin on a luxury cruise ship[2]. They're optimised for low mass more than comfort.

Then a reproduction lounge on the Hindenburg[3], compare with any of these on a cruise ship[4]. Ships are roughly as luxurious as you want to spend money to get, rivalling any hotel. (Water is ~750x denser than air, does that mean it can buoy up 750x more luxury per passenger for the same displacement vessel?)

[1] https://www.myswissalps.com/docs/SystemLibrariesProvider/swi...

[2] https://i.redd.it/abf8ipo9noj41.jpg

[3] https://www.myswissalps.com/docs/SystemLibrariesProvider/swi...

[4] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=luxury+cruise+ship+lounge&t=ffab&i...

1 comments

[2] is not typical at all.