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This alien-looking airship design used a propulsion method unlike any other (thedrive.com)
65 points by clouddrover on July 20, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



As soon as I saw it was a sphere, I knew exactly what the method was. The Magnus effect, based off my years of playing around throwing basketballs off dams, bridges, and high places.


Funny how things come in waves...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36664229


Is there no way to use vacuum chambers to fly?

Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_airship


maybe this is the happy little UAP tic tac




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