As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new transport system (2017)

Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by soheil on Saturday December 22, 2018 @07:49PM (#18743592)

Part of me thinks the word "fantasize" in the title is referring to the efforts by Elon Musk with the Boring company, Hyperloop, SpaceX intra-earth travel thus I'd like to see arguments for why that is when in fact Boring company is making non-stop progress given how busy Musk is and SpaceX constantly advancing the edge of what is possible with space tech, fantasy? Not one bit.

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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by andrepd on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:06PM (#18743667)

"Musk" was not mentioned or even alluded to in the piece, so maybe it's not a good idea to try to shoehorn the man into every situation.

Also, wrt both Boring Company and Hyperloop, "fantasy" is exactly the word to describe them. Outlandish projects, with a lot of buzz and PR but no sense or reason and many real problems, some fatal.

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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by soheil on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:18PM (#18743712)

He's been in the news almost constantly talking about both those projects and just announced a milestone with the Boring company, so I don't think it is completely out there to believe the author might have been referring to Musk's efforts. After all you think both those projects by Musk are outlandish and would use the word "fantasy" to describe them maybe so did the author, but forgot to mention Musk specifically or chose not to for whatever reason. Suffice it to say I don't think they are fantasies at all and not sure why people keep characterizing such Herculean efforts that require so much will and drive as such and are so keen to so easily dismiss them instead of admiring them.

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