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A comment on Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Train Bid. Parent comment

Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by baud147258 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @07:58AM (#17310957)
> automatic stone placement, removal of dirt.

All these features already exists in current and older machines. And the rocket market is different from the boring market.

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Re:Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Wins Chicago Airport High-Speed Tr... by kamaal on Friday June 15, 2018 @05:18AM (#17318485)
>>And the rocket market is different from the boring market.

Actually its not. TBMs are crazy expensive as of now. Any major disruption in price will be a total game changer for public transit systems.

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