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"Which is why they need to get their first paid job so they can prove it." Shouldn't the boring company prove that it works before they get offered the job?
by senthil_rajasek 8y ago
"Which is why they need to get their first paid job so they can prove it."
Shouldn't the boring company prove that it works before they get offered the job?
- lallysingh 8y agoIsn't it prohibitively expensive to make a tunnel yourself?
- ceejayoz 8y agoMusk has posted video from the tunnel they made themselves.
- Bromskloss 8y agoIs that necessary? If it turns out that their machine isn't 10 times faster than others', that's just their own problem.
- buvanshak 8y agoNot sure. Did finishing in 1/10th time part of the contract? If not, then it we can think of the '10 times faster' claim to be bullshit which was only meant to win the bid...
- Johnny555 8y agoBased on other transit tunneling projects, even if it just came in on time and on budget, that'd be a huge win.
- Dylan16807 8y agoThere's no advantage to promising more than needed to get the contract, and there's a big disadvantage in that projects universally tend to take too long, whether the tech is 10x better or not.
- Obi_Juan_Kenobi 8y agoThey're making tunnels in LA. Presumably some results from that were used as part of the proposal.
- mlindner 8y agoThey're not being paid for the job so why shouldn't they be allowed to try?