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NNadir

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1. We already had a huge hydrogen flying machine, two actually.

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2025, 03:41 PM

Jan 13

There was the Hindenberg and the space shuttle Challenger.

They both blew up.

In both cases the horrible physical properties of hydrogen were the root cause.

This isn't a "first" anything. It's rather an instance of not respecting history.

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We already had a huge hydrogen flying machine, two actually. NNadir Jan 13 #1

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And the death toll from this list is what? In China, hydrogen is overwhelmingly made from coal. NNadir Jan 13 #3