Was science deeply affected by the explosion of the Hindenburg?

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Andrew Smith say: No. There was nothing new that it contributed to science. We already knew that hydrogen could burn.
We knew that static electricity built up on a large rounded surface isolated from any other surface.
Every single part of the tragedy was quite clearly explained by existing scientific knowledge.

Never confuse science with technology. They are completely different.
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Tom S say: Not really, but the "airship industry" certainly was.
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oubaas say: Scientists were ...even though what happened wasn't totally unexpected
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joedlh say: Science is a methodology. It can't be affected. What you mean to ask is if scientists were affected. The Hindenburg was filled with hydrogen, a combustible gas. I don't think any scientist would have been surprised that when subjected to an ignition source it caught fire. Engineers on the other hand.... It meant the end of the airship era.
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