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Roles of airships in economic development
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Beier, G. J. Hidalgo, G. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1975 |
| Description | It is proposed that airships of known and tested technology could, in some cases, perform routine transport missions more economically than conventional transport modes. If infrastructure for direct surface transport is already in place or if such infrastructure can be justified by the size of the market and there are no unusual impediments to constructing it, then the airships of tested technology cannot normally compete. If, however, the surface routes would be unusually expensive or circuitous, or if they involve several transhipments, or if the market size is too small to spread infrastructure costs of conventional transport, the airships of tested technology present a workable alternative. A series of special cases are considered. The cases, though unusual, are not unique; there are several similar possible applications which, in total, would provide a reasonably large market for airships. |
| File Size | 939227 |
| Page Count | 14 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760007969 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9091213g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1975-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Air Transportation And Safety Cargo Economic Analysis Cost Effectiveness Airships Remote Regions Hauling Air Transportation Surface Vehicles Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
