Elon Musk

is there space for segways in it?

driving segways into the hyperloop with my google glasses

I think it's very healthy to be skeptical of all new technologies. The idea is not to shot down anything new for the sake of it, but to remain cautious of the implications and in this specific case, the feasibility of the new technology.

there are probably at least a million people each day commuting into LA and SF combined right? an affordable half hour hyperloop trip between the two (not to mention connectors to other less expensive cities) would lead to a lot more commuters.

― wk, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 5:05 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You mean people actually living in one and working in the other on a daily basis? I doubt it, only because both are such expensive cities, so the main reason to choose living in one and working in the other would be taste. The commuters from the valley etc aren't going to pack up and move to SF just because they can tube to work.

well it opens up the possibility. the valley is probably way cheaper than anywhere in the bay area, so if somebody there gets a job in San Jose and they can get there in almost the same amount of time it takes to drive downtown, then why not?

HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2)
Posted: August 13, 2013, 7:17:15 PM
This sounds neat. Anyone speculating as to whether it will work or not right now is completely full of shit -- you have nothing to base your opinion on yet.

where as yr opinion is based on the fact that it sounds neat lol

lasertrain sounds neater, so basically musk can gobble these

i'm not speculating as to whether it will actually work

there's way neater completely untested ideas out there

having a press conference to present a scifi idea is what people are making fun of

he even pretends to know how much it will cost

lol

i blame snowden

Guys, I have this awesome idea and am pretty sure I can put one in every major airport for like $40-50 tops.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01729/star_1729224c.jpg

i already made that joek

HYPERCUBE

funny how billionaires always end up in hubris

i've drawn a big elastic band that will be able to shoot people across country at Mach 4 let's do this

there's way neater completely untested ideas out there

― lag∞n, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 11:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

like what

who the hell is this Elon Musk guy to estimate the cost of an engineering project

he's no ilxor that's for sure

well i haven't FP'd him yet so

oooh i bet he could come up with a better system than fp

like it would only take like 2, 3 tops to ban a fucker

say what you want about this guy, at least he made the hyperloops run on time

who the hell is this Elon Musk guy to estimate the cost of an engineering project

admittedly it's impressive that he's had success in software, auto manufacturing, and aerospace, but isn't a massive public works project like this a different thing altogether?

Don't forget solar.

I think it was entirely reasonable for him to give a cost estimate at this press conference xp

i'm not sure the tesla and space x count as engineering triumphs

dude is a genius entrepreneur, not a genius engineer

well i guess space x is pretty cool but not cheaper or better than nasa, the tesla is like 100k

I think it was entirely reasonable for him to give a cost estimate at this press conference xp

I think it's pretty reasonable to be skeptical of a figure that's almost 1/10th of what's being spent on actual proven existing technology.

Well ya thats why he thinks his idea is better

Cracking up at article that bolstered dudes cred with "Tony stark is partially based on him in the popular im movies!"

Well ya thats why he thinks his idea is better

yeah, make believe ideas do tend to be better and cheaper than messy reality.

Wwtsd

wtsiw

well i guess space x is pretty cool but not cheaper or better than nasa, the tesla is like 100k

Actually SpaceX is considerably cheaper than NASA. NASA even agrees: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/586023main_8-3-11_NAFCOM.pdf

that's because they're organizationally leaner, not because they've invented a cheaper spacecraft

http://pedestrianobservations.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/loopy-ideas-are-fine-if-youre-an-entrepreneur/

well sure that's fine for elon

who the hell is this Elon Musk guy to estimate the cost of an engineering project

― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, August 13, 2013 9:13 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

estimate

lasertrain will only cost $1 because light is free

lose organizational fat with this one weird trick

i admit the only reason i'm in this thread at all is i love saying Elon Musk in my head after every post

no one's real name sounds more like a cologne

ELON MUSK...by fabergé

Two weeks before his Hyperloop announcement, Musk quietly met with the founder of ET3, an even-faster, already patented tube transport system.

Daryl Oster and five people from his company ET3 made the trip to 1 Rocket Road in Hawthorne, California, the headquarters of SpaceX. Its CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk had invited the engineer and former stockbroker over for a chat. Musk was interested in Oster's idea for an Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) system that he said would let people travel from New York to L.A. in 45 minutes.

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3015704/futurist-forum/how-much-did-this-hyperloop-lookalike-inspire-elon-musk

dang 45 mins

eat the rich