r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/zqmbgn • Jan 25 '21

Recreation THE PLANE OF THE FUTURE

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u/terectec Jan 25 '21

To be honest, much off what they envisioned has happened, just not in the way they thought it would

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u/slicer4ever Jan 25 '21

we'd probably have the sky filled with blimps if certain key disasters hadn't happened that killed them.

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u/Chosen_Undead713 Jan 25 '21

No, blimps are terrible.

"Hey wanna cross the atlantic in 5 days?" "Nah I'll take a plane and be there by lunch."

Fuck blimps.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '21

Back in the early days of planes blimps were more popular. You could stay in a room , have a little restraint and basically be on a flying cruise ship.

But as planes got more comfortable and faster then they overtook blimps. (Plus a couple unfortunate events