Today we want to talk to you about a project that could be available for tourism in a very short time. It is the Manned Cloud , a whale-shaped zeppelin that has been converted into a luxury hotel, accessible to very few people. Although zeppelin trips were canceled for life after the Hindenburg Airship accident in 1937 (since then they have only been used to transport cargo and for advertising), they could now become fashionable again if French designer Jean-Marie Massaud and the French space agency Onera manage to carry out their project successfully and reliably.
Manned Cloud is prepared to accommodate 40 passengers and 15 crew members . In addition, according to its designer, you will have all kinds of unimaginable luxuries:
It will allow you to experience exotic and spectacular places without being intrusive or exploitative.
It will have a solarium in the upper part of the ship. In addition, there will also be room for a gym and many more luxuries, aimed at a select public that will be able to pay the high cost that each ticket will have.
Solid foundations to make it happen
This project is clearly much more reliable than those zeppelins that flew overhead in the early 19th century , those that closely resembled the first zeppelin created by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin . Compared to the Zeppelin NT of that time, there are many changes experienced. It has been possible to go from a flight autonomy of 24 hours and 900 kilometers to a very different one of 5,000 kilometers without stopover. In addition, it will be able to reach 170 km / h although the cruising speed will be 130 km / h. Previously the maximum that could be reached was 70 km / h .
By the way, this giant will have some measures 210 meters long, 80 wide and nothing more and nothing less than 50 meters high. Almost nothing.
Will you dare?