[ExI] trust the fake science?

[Adrian Tymes]

On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 4:34 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> How many airship companies are there and how many have you
> spoken with?


Not many and more than zero, not including the majority of cases where I
unsuccessfully tried to get their attention.


> Synchronicity is a strange thing. Only last week was I discussing with
> some business partners how nice it would be to start an airline company
> based on airships, trading speed for space, convenience and being able
> to appreciate good food during the trip.
>
> Imagine... instead of sitting in a sardine can with crappy food,
> enormous amount of noise, next to a man that stinks of alcohol, being
> probed by security, interrogated by customs, hauling your bags through
> endless corridors in airports... what if...
>
> The trip took 2 or 3 days, you have a nice Michelin star level
> restaurant on board, a bar, an individual cabin. Your bags are of course
> screened and checked in before the flight, transported from/to your home
> and destination without you having to carry them. You land close to
> the city, security and immigration would be done en route.
>
> On the other hand... I think this is such a common dream that the fact
> thta it does not already exist shows that there is a catch somewhere,
> financially or technologically.
>

Financially, though that's driven in part by the technology.  There's also
customer demand: what you describe is basically an airborne cruise ship,
and thus would directly compete with aquatic cruise ships.  See for example
https://oceanskycruises.com/ .  An airship that was much less expensive to
build and operate would make this sort of business more possible, though
the airship itself is not such a business's only expense.

If this idea appeals to you, there are a lot of free resources out there
for how to plan a startup business.  Start by seeing what people are paying
for the closest equivalent (cruise ship tickets, in this case) now, and how
many of that equivalent are sold per year.
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