Every time I watch an airship effort hit a wall (maybe six in the last fifteen years) I become more and more convinced that there are some fundamental things that we just don't understand about this class of vehicle. Every airship team does some quick calculations, concludes that it will work, then promptly crashes and burns when they try it for real. I admit that I am not at all smart on the subject, but it repeatedly seems that those of us who ARE smart... aren't as smart as they think they are. This is apparently a TOUGH challenge, and I'm not sure that any of us fully understand why.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019454/US-Armys-150m-super-blimp-high-altitude-airship-crash-landing-hours-launch.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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