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Lu  ·  4754 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: City in the sky
Well it's obviously conceptual, but with all the technology out there it is not hard to imagine that some kind of membrane could be assembled so that people could be out there while it's moving through the clouds.




epiph  ·  4754 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I dont know, how would it stay afloat and generate its own power? don't you think it would disrupt air traffic.
sounds_sound  ·  4754 days ago  ·  link  ·  
For sure. I think it's totally reasonable to say that this is possible. I'm just wondering why? What would you do out there while this thing meanders the 20 hours from Indiana to Maine?
Lu  ·  4754 days ago  ·  link  ·  
What do you mean "what would you do"....gaze in wonderment at the world below of course, and think to yourself how amazing it is that you are floating in the clouds!
sounds_sound  ·  4754 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Oh. And thanks for getting bananas.
Lu  ·  4754 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Your welcome (for the bananas), but also as for the deuce issue, I am sure they would have some kind of tidy ass suction system to take care of that...your poo would come out white and hypoalergenic
sounds_sound  ·  4754 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Ha! I can see the diagrams now. A puffy white cloud you float on and a puffy white poo you release. Same drawing - different scale. A big buoyant piece of shit!
sounds_sound  ·  4754 days ago  ·  link  ·  
That's all good. I'm still wondering where I take a deuce besides in my coat pocket or my fucking empty sandwich bag that I had to bring with me because they're sure as hell not serving any food on this thing! And not that you couldn't serve food either, I'm just saying the designer isn't giving me much of an experience that I can get into here.
fr33lunch  ·  4754 days ago  ·  link  ·  
If they won't sell food,maybe they'll sell jackets on the new Hindenburg since the temperature drops 4 degrees for every 1000 feet in elevation. I wonder what the air temp is like 2000' over Maine right now...