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Incredible... the vac-train turned maglev... from the ultimate master of modern marketing, Elon Musk.

• Twirrim 10y ago
  Does it matter? He's seriously stimulated a market that has been fairly stagnant for decades, making it an exciting and interesting field again, and encouraging engineers who previously weren't interested in transportation to become interested. All without the hassles or complications of having to form and run the companies himself, or have to pony up the cash. His only investment has been the work on producing the original whitepaper, and the blast radius is huge.
  • Aelinsaar 10y ago
    Does it matter? I don't know, we'll have to see if something other than some money going nowhere actually comes from this. If it's just "excitement" and some lucky folks making millions... don't expect me to get in a tizzy. Edit: If however this leads, by some longshot, to a functional maglev system in Cali or anywhere else in the US? Yes, I'd change my tune then.
  • bubuga 10y ago
    > Does it matter? He's seriously stimulated a market that has been fairly stagnant for decades, What market exactly are you talking about?