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If he wanted to send existing boring tech to Mars he wouldn't have to start a boring company to advance the state of the art. He could just buy an existing prod
by c22 9y ago
If he wanted to send existing boring tech to Mars he wouldn't have to start a boring company to advance the state of the art. He could just buy an existing product and start figuring out ways to launch it.
- sithadmin 9y agoI can't tell if this is serious criticism or an attempt at irony. Pretty much all the Boring Company has done so far is buy existing products.
- c22 9y agoI'm not being ironic or obtuse. This company is barely a year old, I suspect the improvements alluded to will take many decades to perfect. Starting with the existing state of the art and attempting to become a profitable earthbound venture is not an absurd opening strategy for meeting this goal. Musk has stated: "I do think getting good at digging tunnels could be really helpful for Mars. For sure there's going to be a lot of ice mining on Mars, and mining in general to get raw materials. You can build a tremendous amount underground with the right boring technology on Mars. So I do think there is some overlap in that technology development arena."