• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    slow cargo delivery to places that have no existing infrastructure.

    And how much cargo demand is there in places that have no infrastructure?

    Yeah no, there’s still no market. Anyplace that has the need for cargo delivery builds the infrastructure.

    Also this is a prototype, so the bigger ones will have a much larger capacity.

    Accepted, but “much larger” in this context is going to be like 2x, maybe 3x payload. Not 10x.

    They also say it is for disaster relief, similarly to places with no infra, or where that infrastructure has been destroyed like in an earthquake or what not.

    Ah yes, just what the world has been waiting for… slow disaster relief.

    There’s no disaster relief role that this could fill that isn’t already being done better by helicopters.

    Also, the idea of sending a lighter-than-air vehicle anywhere near a hurricane or recently erupted volcano is ludicrous. Earthquake, maybe, but a helicopter would still do supply drops and rescue faster and more flexibly than a ponderous gasbag.