SFR Brigade: Airship Future

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Airship Future

For the well-read paranormal enthusiast, what could be better than the confluence of Steampunk and Science Fiction? In an article for Discover.com, E-Green Technologies describes their Airship, the Bullet 580, as a 'truck in the sky', albeit, a truck made of kevlar. Now that a steampunk staple has been brought out of the pages of fiction and into reality, can we look forward to joining the Air Corps? More importantly, will the Air Corps get to wear wicked cool leather enhanced uniforms and carry aether charged weapons? Where do I sign up?

4 comments:

Laurie Green said...: Oohhh, interesting!!!

And is it just me, or does that airship look an awful lot like R2D2 laying on his side?; May 8, 2010 at 12:27 PM
Sharon Lynn Fisher said...: Wow, how cool is that? Thanks for posting!; May 8, 2010 at 3:05 PM
Pauline B Jones said...: Tres cool!!!; May 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Laura Scarlett said...: This is awsome! Thanks for posting!; May 10, 2010 at 3:24 PM

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