I don't think Musk is crazy at all. I'm just not sure what kind of timeline he can do this in, but if there's someone who has the drive and the ability to grease enough palms to make it happen, it's Musk.And I don't think Elon Musk is on it. People said similar things about Steve Jobs before the iPod and iPhone. I ignored them and bought Apple at a split adjusted equivlant of .70 cents a share.
The difference is that Mr. Jobs was not relying upon verbal government approval as Mr. Musk is. :blink: :giggle:And I don't think Elon Musk is on it. People said similar things about Steve Jobs before the iPod and iPhone. I ignored them and bought Apple at a split adjusted equivlant of .70 cents a share.
Add to that the technology isn't even proven yet, nor has it received any approval from any government anywhere. Doing stuff in the most congested part of the country is far different from doing it elsewhere in the US, and that isn't easy at all. The timelines mentioned were laughable as well. Elon Musk may be able to create payment systems and automobiles, but he has no idea what it is like to build infrastructure and no clue to elements such as rights-of-way.The difference is that Mr. Jobs was not relying upon verbal government approval as Mr. Musk is. :blink: :giggle:And I don't think Elon Musk is on it. People said similar things about Steve Jobs before the iPod and iPhone. I ignored them and bought Apple at a split adjusted equivlant of .70 cents a share.
Government doesn't do anything that isn't in writing and which governments (the Feds, the states the tunnels will run under, the station cities where large holes in the ground will be needed to bring passengers to/from the tunnels) gave this verbal approval?
Yes, but both also very much built on existing technology in incremental (if substantial) ways (SpaceX also took advantage of inefficiencies on the part of NASA's operations to find a profit center while Tesla benefitted from a frak-load of tax credits). Hyperloop is much more of a break from existing technology than either of those efforts.Add spaceships to your list of things he can do. SpaceX and Tesla were both considered nuts- by myself included. When somebody consistently tackles the impossible and pulls it off, I don't assume he can't do it again.
Actually, I never considered either of those two nuts at all, since at least I understood how the technology, engineering and physics of it could be made to work out given proper allocation of resources. Neither of those two were ever considered to be impossible by anyone that looked into the physics and engineering of it. Yeah, for others such things can look like magic from time to time. Same was true of Steve Jobs and his adventures and misadventures. I don't think Hyperloop falls in the same category at all. but of course time will tell.Add spaceships to your list of things he can do. SpaceX and Tesla were both considered nuts- by myself included. When somebody consistently tackles the impossible and pulls it off, I don't assume he can't do it again.
Nuh uh. Hyperloop is just a crossbreed of the drive through bank teller and MagLev.Yes, but both also very much built on existing technology in incremental (if substantial) ways (SpaceX also took advantage of inefficiencies on the part of NASA's operations to find a profit center while Tesla benefitted from a frak-load of tax credits). Hyperloop is much more of a break from existing technology than either of those efforts.Add spaceships to your list of things he can do. SpaceX and Tesla were both considered nuts- by myself included. When somebody consistently tackles the impossible and pulls it off, I don't assume he can't do it again.
Yes, the DS was a phenomenally good car. It transformed the industry, It transformed thinking. But it didn't catapult Citroen into leadership for very long. Today much more conservative companies such as Mercdes are worth more than Citroen and make better cars. From an engineering point of view the DS was great, financially less so.And I wouldn't call the Model S a lucky shot. It sits in a lofty circle of three cars: the Benz Patent Motorwagen, and the Citroen DS. The cars that redefined the future of road travel the moment they were launched, bringing the future 50 or so years closer. In 2009 it was inconceivable that the internal combustion engine was going away in road cars. Now it is nearly a cetainty that their volume manufacture will end within 30 years or so.
I give my support. I am not paying for it either.Maryland's DOT has given their support.
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