Liquid hydrogen tanks are definitely a different problem, but I don't know if "orders of magnitude safer" is necessarily true. Many spacecraft have run into problems involving liquid hydrogen storage for a variety of reasons:
- Liquid hydrogen is so cold that many metals weaken
- Exposure to hydrogen itself weakens many metals (hydrogen embrittlement)
- Liquid hydrogen expands rapidly if exposed to heat, so venting is needed
- Hydrogen leaks through the smallest of seams
Now imagine trying to build a tank that prevents all that from happening, and it has to be lightweight for usage on spacecraft / aircraft.
AFAIK liquid hydrogen tanks are orders of magnitude safer (as in “a totally different problem”).