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Elon Musk: Cost per seat should be about the same as full fare economy in an aircraft. Forgot to mention that. source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BZnVfWxgdLe/
by codeulike 9y ago
Elon Musk: Cost per seat should be about the same as full fare economy in an aircraft. Forgot to mention that.
source: https://www.instagram.com/p/BZnVfWxgdLe/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BZnVfWxgdLe/
- jokoon 9y agoReally? I'm surprised. Well then...
- ncallaway 9y agoI think the key difference is if you're designing specifically for travel on earth then supersonic jets probably are much cheaper. However, if you're designing for space and can allocate the R&D costs to space business units, you end up potentially developing something that has better marginal costs to transport people across the earth. Basically, the R&D of building this is astronomically higher than the supersonic jet. But the (theoretical) promise is the marginal cost isn't that different. However, if you're already doing the R&D for other purposes, then you find yourself owning a system that's (potentially) better for global travel.