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Elon Musk’s big plans include Vertical takeoff Supersonic Commercial Jets, Hyperloop and Mars
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Business Week has a lengthy feature on Elon Musk.
Elon Musks Hyperloop transportation system is discussed but there are still very few details.
His friends claim he’s had a Hyperloop technological breakthrough over the summer. “I’d like to talk to the governor and president about it,” Musk continues. “Because the $60 billion bullet train they’re proposing in California would be the slowest bullet train in the world at the highest cost per mile. They’re going for records in all the wrong ways.” The cost of the SF-LA Hyperloop would be in the $6 billion range, he says.
Musk is also planning to develop a new kind of airplane: “Boeing just took $20 billion and 10 years to improve the efficiency of their planes by 10 percent. That’s pretty lame. I have a design in mind for a vertical liftoff supersonic jet that would be a really big improvement.”
See more and subscribe to NextBigFuture at 2012-09-19 07:26:04 Source: http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/09/elon-musks-big-plans-vertical-takeoff.html
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