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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

i bet they would milk the available space for every inch like they do on planes lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They won't if they want to keep any benefit compared to airplanes

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what are the benefits?

IIRC blimps are hard to work with

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the benefit of a cruise ship when planes are so much faster?

Its not always about purely practical concerns

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The benefit of a cruise ship is that you can fit a massive hotel, shopping mall, resort and maybe even theme park rides on it.