Early and Late TL9

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by weby

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Super Airships: Likely not in TL 8+1 at least.

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Probably not ever. The drag associated with LTAs makes them always slower at point A to B travel.

the only real advantage is that they can remain airborne with low energy costs while at low speed. So far drones are filling this niche without noticeable trouble. Maybe, just maybe at some far future date there could be extremely large airships built for pleasure cruises. Purely recreational use is difficult to predict.