Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Train Bid

Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by kchoudhu on Thursday June 14, 2018 @01:29AM (#17309526)

As it turns out, tunnel boring isn't rate limited by boring speed, but by the relocation of shit that needs to be bored through like underground utility conduits.

Has Elon's company figured that problem out?

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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by 11thEarlOfMar on Thursday June 14, 2018 @01:35AM (#17309546)

Yes. They will bore below all utilities.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by antisthenes on Thursday June 14, 2018 @01:53AM (#17309608)

Beyond the environment.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by sitkack on Thursday June 14, 2018 @02:08AM (#17309668)

BoreX or SpaceBore will dig down into the void where it will be unencumbered by the physics of laws. Using Thielenite, it can tap into a liberterranean powersauce that can transform any argument using continental selfishness ... hup. Someone please fix this.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by sasaf5 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:10AM (#17309930)

Buzzword poetry :)

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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by pimlottc on Thursday June 14, 2018 @08:45AM (#17311197)

Well played.

Antithenes is referring to this classic Clarke and Dawe bit: https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM

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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by kchoudhu on Thursday June 14, 2018 @12:10PM (#17312681)

Found the Aussie.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by cozzyd on Thursday June 14, 2018 @01:34AM (#17309544)

In this case most of the route will be underneath a freeway or the existing subway, so probably not too much to worry about there.

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