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Old 06-04-2022, 11:44 PM   #57 (permalink)
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I've been rolling these thoughts through my mind for some time now.
For me it's that pure steam has aerostatic lift approximate to Helium: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_airship

A lenticulat toroidal airframe: lynceans.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Thermo-Skyships_hybrid-thermal-airships.pdf

How light can you make an insulative solar-thermal envelope?
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