Hydrogen-powered aircraft has first commercial order

15 points by chris1993 1 year ago | 3 comments
  • roenxi 1 year ago
    I'm sure I'm not the only person thinking this. The real headline is truthful but the HN "Hydrogen-powered aircraft has first commercial order" is a little misleading because it could imply that hydrogen powered aircraft are a new thing. We've famously [0] had hydrogen powered aircraft a century ago.

    And while I'm on the topic of imperfect word choice, the company name is ASML Aero? There is already an ASML so I hope that Aero attached!

    [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_class_airship

    • sgt_bilko 1 year ago
      I don't think the airships were powered by hydrogen. They had diesel-powered engines. The hydrogen was used to lift the thing.
      • Staple_Diet 1 year ago
        I'm pretty sure the internal heating of the Hindenburg was hydrogen powered.