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djlong wrote:When it comes to Hyperloop, I'm waiting for proof that it HAS failed, since prototypes are already exceeding 100 mph.
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djlong wrote:When it comes to Hyperloop, I'm waiting for proof that it HAS failed, since prototypes are already exceeding 100 mph.
He's already impressed enough people in Chicago to win THAT contract.
SCHAPER: Musk says his company's boring technique will dig the tunnels many times faster and cheaper than conventional tunneling. But both that technology and the autonomous vehicles are unproven.
Yeah, the most rabid fans will keep unrealistically dreaming of things "just around the corner". But I wouldn't underestimate Musk. When you look at the list of things he's done that Nobody Has Done Before, it's impressive. The *one* thing he has *repeatedly* failed to do is estimate time properly. But, then, it's hard to come up with a planning schedule when you have no examples of one before you. I mean, this is a guy who started his own rocket company with his own money, invented his own rockets and now outperforms NASA, Roskosmos (the Russians), the Chinese and ULA. Never mind what he's done for Tesla (full disclosure, I'm a Tesla stockholder and own a Tesla Model 3).
When it comes to Hyperloop, I'm waiting for proof that it HAS failed, since prototypes are already exceeding 100 mph.
Maybe it's intended to prove the technology. If hyperloop takes baby steps in Chicago and doesn't fail, then maybe Musk will get a chance to try it on a bigger scale somewhere else.Makes no sense to do anything more. Why risk using unproven expensive technology?
Literalman wrote:Maybe it's intended to prove the technology. If hyperloop takes baby steps in Chicago and doesn't fail, then maybe Musk will get a chance to try it on a bigger scale somewhere else.Makes no sense to do anything more. Why risk using unproven expensive technology?
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