World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

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Merlin,

Just connecting the dots.

1) We have Huff quoted by Rocky “That is the gas containment system. But to answer the question, yes that is the body of Sanswire II."

2) Alicia reporting that we have “five separate helium chambers in case one leaks”

3) Bob Jones and Vern recent statements that SSII has a “rigid frame with a dual gas bag system with helium cells under low pressure”.

So the one in the photo should be one of the five low pressure helium cells that will fit inside the “exoskeleton” of the ultralight carbon composite rigid frame work.

Also of note from Alicia’s article is that she has seen the beast

“held down by orange sandbags and cordoned off with yellow tape”.

And that

“Unlike the cylindrical shape of a traditional blimp, a Stratellite has a broad, tapered nose like a shark”.

This last stament contradicts the sketch you are referring to in your post: “This is the engineers' drawing of Sanswire II, released with the Sanswire II delay news earlier:”

For those who want to read the whole article again here we go “ALICIA CHANG, The Associated Press Aug 20, 2006 3:43 PM (18 mins ago) at:

http://www.examiner.com/a-231662~Company_tests_robotic_dirigible_for_wireless_communications.html

Now…..what to make of it, besides the exciting new technical info?
Something has clicked and Bob has gone public and the big press has taken on the news and is reverberating.

I am tempted to agree with Vern that Bob and management are hitting back at LM after the NASA announcement of cancellation of the collaborative agreement with GTE, i.e. we are here and we are for real!

In any case the fin is just so incredibly light. These are wonderful photos.

We have at present two threads active on Ihub, the ones that post to say something relevant as usual and a small group that has monopolized the board with an almost “Raging Bull cum Yahoo” type of exchanges. Let us hope they get tired of doing that……..