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NYC to London tunnel

Hopefully Musk will hop in a mini-sub to explore the route in person.

I bet all the employees at his companies were thrilled that he was away hanging with Trump and preoccupied with DOGE.
They probably are thrilled that he is not coming up with the next Cybertruck. He is driven and smart, but is also too in love with his own bullshit.
 
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Good luck tunneling through the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Plate tectonics is undefeated.

Sincerely,

noleclone the geologist.
I've always wondered why this is never brought into the conversation when coming up with ideas like this. Have they never heard of plate tectonics? That seems like it would be some pretty important details to building a fixed structure across the span.
 
3000 mph would be about Mach 4

that's movin' !
According to the Googles it’s 3471 miles from JFK to Heathrow and Musk wants to do it in 54 minutes. By my calculations that’s 3857mph, or slightly faster than Mach 5.
 
It’s too early in the morning for math, but if I’m not mistaken that would be roughly Mach 5. Is that right?
driving speed racer GIF by Funimation
 
My first thought: That's a big target for Russia or China to deny they attacked...

The timing of his claim from Musk is way too suspect considering his claim to be able to cut $2 trillion from the budget with DOGE...

Doing the math, that's about $54,565 per foot for 3,471 miles. You have to include the tracks, trains, signals, etc. in that too. The maintenance and security costs would be astronomical as well.

I see a troll attempt, and it'll probably work.
 
My first thought: That's a big target for Russia or China to deny they attacked...

The timing of his claim from Musk is way too suspect considering his claim to be able to cut $2 trillion from the budget with DOGE...

Doing the math, that's about $54,565 per foot for 3,471 miles. You have to include the tracks, trains, signals, etc. in that too. The maintenance and security costs would be astronomical as well.

I see a troll attempt, and it'll probably work.
Idk, remember him live tweeting about the miners rescue. He has a stream of consciousness type of speaking. That and overall narcissism.
 
Elon talking s$%^ again about what he can do. See it, acknowledge it, and move on. Like Trump, they just sit around and find nonsense to be braggadocios about. Musk is definitely a shoot for the stars and you might hit the moon kind of guy.

I expect a Musk / Trump meeting goes something like this....






This commercial was seared into my brain. I think it was the 2006 Emerald Bowl.
 
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While the concept is certainly far-fetched, it does make you think what this world could be like if such a transportation solution existed. We've only mastered air travel in the last half century, so just imagine what the next 100 years may look like.

It's crazy to think about commuting daily to London for work or each Sunday joining mass at the St Paul Cathedral
 
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