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Hydrogen-powered aircraft has first commercial order
- roenxi 2y agoI'm sure I'm not the only person thinking this. The real headline is truthful but the HN "Hydrogen-powered aircraft has first commercial order" is a little misleading because it could imply that hydrogen powered aircraft are a new thing. We've famously [0] had hydrogen powered aircraft a century ago. And while I'm on the topic of imperfect word choice, the company name is ASML Aero? There is already an ASML so I hope that Aero attached! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_class_airship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_class_airship
- sgt_bilko 2y agoI don't think the airships were powered by hydrogen. They had diesel-powered engines. The hydrogen was used to lift the thing.
- Staple_Diet 2y agoI'm pretty sure the internal heating of the Hindenburg was hydrogen powered.