captaincranky
Posts: 19,684 +8,825
@wiyosaya I have to say that last post of yours was a true juggernaut if logic, reason, and sensibility. Good job! (y)
I would like touch, or rather amplify, up a few minor points. If the vacuum went down it would be slower than surface transportation, since the tight clearance designed into the tube would introduce air compressibility effects into the system. You'd pretty much be going nowhere. Second, arguably, you'd have to build multiple, parallel tubes, as a safety factor against any contingency which might present itself.
When a subway train goes down, it screws up the evening commute for hours. If one of these things went down, only god knows how much heartache, delay, and mayhem would present itself, since you would have to seal off the affected train, (or tampon, whatever we're going to call it), ahead of, and behind it, to allow EMT and repair crews without space suits in to render assistance..
PS, it's easy to set a "world record", if you're the only entity competing in a given category.
PPS: The only money of his "own", Musk ever puts into a project, is what I would call "seed money". He uses it basically to "psych out investors", the reasoning being. "well if Musk puts his own money into any given project, it must be a safe bet for us".
I would like touch, or rather amplify, up a few minor points. If the vacuum went down it would be slower than surface transportation, since the tight clearance designed into the tube would introduce air compressibility effects into the system. You'd pretty much be going nowhere. Second, arguably, you'd have to build multiple, parallel tubes, as a safety factor against any contingency which might present itself.
When a subway train goes down, it screws up the evening commute for hours. If one of these things went down, only god knows how much heartache, delay, and mayhem would present itself, since you would have to seal off the affected train, (or tampon, whatever we're going to call it), ahead of, and behind it, to allow EMT and repair crews without space suits in to render assistance..
PS, it's easy to set a "world record", if you're the only entity competing in a given category.
PPS: The only money of his "own", Musk ever puts into a project, is what I would call "seed money". He uses it basically to "psych out investors", the reasoning being. "well if Musk puts his own money into any given project, it must be a safe bet for us".
Last edited:
