NASA, Alaska officials see new uses for airships
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A California company will fly its Zepplin airship up Alaska's Inside Passage and all the way to Anchorage next year if it can line up sponsors. Lighter-than-air aircraft advocates say such vessels may one day be a common sight, delivering fuel or construction material to remote Alaska villages or food to hungry people on another continent.
S. Pete Worden, director of NASA's Ames Research Center, said his agency is offering its expertise and technology to the fledgling industry, which has important applications for science and for delivering cargo to hard-to-reach destinations. (AP)
