I am on ABC Radio’s Future Tense show on Sunday!

Airships return to the skies and a serious problem that could cripple long-range space travel

Airships return to the skies and a serious problem that could cripple long-range space travel

Broadcast Sun 14 Aug 2022 at 3:30am

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Several new airship ventures look likely to put the zip back into zeppelins.

They were once the very symbol of modernity, but over the past eighty years, Airships have become objects of curiosity and nostalgia.

Also, why our bones could be the greatest barrier to colonising Mars.

Guests

Charles Alcock – Senior Editor, FutureFlight.aero

Mark Piesing – Aviation reporter and regular contributor, BBC Future

Professor Steven Boyd – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Mark Piesing – N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia, Custom House 2021

CreditsAntony Funnell, PresenterKarin Zsivanovits, Producer

Broadcast Sun 14 Aug 2022 at 3:30am