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Very impressive. But in just three minutes, I thought of an even better plan: put a $10M wormhole between LA and SF and have near instant travel. Wormholes don’

Very impressive. But in just three minutes, I thought of an even better plan: put a $10M wormhole between LA and SF and have near instant travel. Wormholes don’t quite exist yet, but they seem close at hand.

eloff 8y ago
There was a plane featured on HN this week with those exact specs.
- richk449 8y ago
  For sale for $3M?
  - eloff 8y ago
    Yes, but I have my doubts
    - Someone 8y ago
      “aims to have one flying early next year.”, and HN is skeptical about it (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18602771 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18602771)
- Piskvorrr 8y ago
  ...and last year, and the one before that, and the one before that. And each of them has, for some unfathomable reason, failed to materialize. But that's just a small matter of sky-piloting (in the original sense, i.e. "pie in the sky").
jakecopp 8y ago
I thought of an even better plan: put a $7.5B Hyperloop between LA and SF and have near instant travel. Hyperloops don't quite exist yet, but they seem close at hand. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/050815/elon-musks-hyperloop-economically-feasible.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/050815/elon-...