Re: Forget Jerry Browns Crazy Train!
Author: pdxrailtransit
Date: 12-18-2014 - 17:42
Agent 99 Wrote:
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> Elon Musk is not a dummy so I must be missing a
> few things here....looks like maybe 20 or so
> passengers per "capsule", travelling through a
> transparent tube, REALLY? What is this tube going
> to be made of? Transparent aluminum? (Star Trek
> reference). How many "capsules" will it take to
> actually carry the number of people wanting to
> make this trip? Seems like terminal delays would
> be extensive, getting people in and out of these
> things. And what happens when there's a software
> "glitch" and a couple of them run into each other
> at 760 mph? You'd never see me getting into one -
> a pressurized metal tube hurtling through the
> atmosphere is bad enough.
>
> 99 out
Maybe Elon Musk can squeeze tax concessions from the Martians, and build it there!