World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

[guy6]

17 x size of GY Blimp:

Saying that the LM blimp is to be 17 times the size of the GY blimp could be interpreted in two ways.

Assuming that the dimensions are to be in the same proportion:

(1) each DIMENSION is to be multiplied by 17
[so length = 192 x 17 = 3264 feet] OR

(2) the VOLUME is to be multiplied by 17
[so each dimension is multiplied by cube root of 17,
approx 2.57, so length approx 493 feet]

[Example to illustrate what I am talking about:
If one cube is 1 x 1 x 1, and another is 2 x 2 x 2,
then the second cube has 8 times the volume.
So is the second cube "twice as large" or "eight times as large"?]
[Note that the cube root of 8 is 2.]

Looking at the lengths involved, the second interpretation seems more plausible, and is consistent with an earlier description of the LM project: "about 500 feet long". http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/7966.pdf

My apologies for the math discussion. I got carried away.

- guy6