Well, now, no, you see, that would just make landing more difficult and make the ship harder to control in any sort of cross-breeze, plus it's extremely hard to keep helium from leaking out of even solid structures, since helium atoms are tiny even compared to the ordinary gaps between molecules and ... oh.
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Re: you knew that at age 6 ?
Date: 2005-09-08 03:28 pm (UTC)Well, now, no, you see, that would just make landing more difficult and make the ship harder to control in any sort of cross-breeze, plus it's extremely hard to keep helium from leaking out of even solid structures, since helium atoms are tiny even compared to the ordinary gaps between molecules and ... oh.
Humor. yes. It is a difficult concept.