Devil in the details (Score 2, Insightful)

I'm surprised that the website has errors that I would associate with a low tech operation. Under STRATELLITE SPECS is mention of "ship's engines", but they in fact must be electric motors (correctly described a few lines earlier). Also it has "duel envelopes"--would that be fought with dual derringers?

The most damning error is in consideration of dimensions v.s. displacement on the same webpage. Given that length x height x width = cubic feet (displacement), or L x H x W = D, and the website gives us everything except for width (W), then we have:

( L x H ) x W = D
W = D / ( L x H )
W = 1.3 million / ( 245 x 145 ) = 1300000 / 35525
W = 36.6

Imagine, if you will, an object 245 long by 145 high by 37 feet wide. Indeed "it is not a balloon or a blimp"; to me it sounds like a giant lighter-than-air GARAGE DOOR!

The same calculations with a guessed width of 370 feet provides for almost 13 million cubic feet displacement. Maybe somebody more cynical than I can calculate if 1.3 or 13 million cubic feet of helium are required to lift 3000 lbs at 65000 feet.

In the mean time, I'll hold my investment money for use with a operation that can get the details straight.