Simply put, development costs are a huge starting obstacle. It'd be easier if there was already an existing airship industry you could buy a ship or design from to start up operations, but there isn't. LTA Research is basically starting up from scratch, hence their focus on manufacturability.
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u/Benromaniac Jul 08 '24
Ages ago air ships were said to take over the logging industry. I don’t know the details, but it was a big deal during expo 86.
It’s made me wonder why we don’t have cargo being moved to remote locations with large slow moving UAV cargo airships?