Massive algae-powered airship moves to NASA's Ames Research Center

December 13, 2010 |

In California, NASA has entered into a three year lease agreement with E Green Technologies to to bring the world’s largest airship to NASA Research Park at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field. NASA will lease approximately 24,000 square feet of hangar space in historic Hangar 2 for EGT/21st Century Airships to develop and test its Bullet Class 580, the world’s largest operating airship.

The massive 235-foot long/65-foot diameter lighter-than-air vehicle is designed to fly on algae-based bio-fuel at speeds up to 74 mph, at altitudes up to 20,000 feet. The Bullet Class 580 is scheduled to arrive in early 2011, after successfully completing its third and final inflation and other engineering tests. Pete Worden, Ames director stated that this is “another partnership Ames has been developing in the area of green aviation research and development.” The Research Park is a shared-use R&D and education campus for industry, academia, non-profits, and government. EGT expects to revolutionize both performance limitations of traditional blimps and the public’s perception of them.

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