Ask HN: A core component of Musk's strategy is radically reducing the cost of underground drilling (now 14x slower than a snail, evidently). Considering how d

Ask HN: A core component of Musk's strategy is radically reducing the cost of underground drilling (now 14x slower than a snail, evidently). Considering how drilling underlies many existing big businesses (oil wells, civic engineering) in the status quo, this seems like a pretty ambitious proposal. Can there really be a Moore's Law-esque progression in drilling?