Comment by rob74

Airships have always fascinated nerds and always will, but whether there is a niche that airships can fill which airplanes, helicopters or ground transportation can't still remains to be proven. A German startup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CargoLifter) tried something similar 20+ years ago, but only got as far as building a giant hangar (which is now a tropical theme park - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Islands_Resort) before they ran out of money. So LTA Research has already surpassed them...