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by masklinn 1610 days ago
Tons of companies over the years have taken a shot at it (CargoLifter, Aeros, Walrus HULA, HAV).

Turns out, so far, it's all been pretty shit, because outside of super specific niches airships are so slow they need to be much cheaper than aircraft, but the upfront costs to create massive-enough airships to even have a chance makes it a difficult proposition.