..the future would have included tons of airship travel. Mass production would have made feasible the transition from being a tool for socialites' cruises to a cost-effective regional transport for goods and people.
That's the way it goes. California has had the "Goodyear Blimp" flying around SoCal for decades. And I had the good fortune of watching a blimp land and takeoff in San Diego. It's quite a graceful thing to watch.
A lot of anti-German war and postwar prejudices helped to do in a lot of worthy things, the Zeppelin is just one on a fairly long list. Had the Soviets not seen the value in the German rocketry first, Wernher Von Braun and his associates would've cooled their heels even longer in the US detention facilities before their knowledge and expertise was put to use.
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If not for WWII and the Hindenberg...