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Don't forget he wants to bore underground cities on Mars. https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-use-boring-company-tunneling-technology-mars/ https://www.teslarati.c

Don't forget he wants to bore underground cities on Mars. https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-use-boring-company-tunneling-technology-mars/ https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-use-boring-company-tunnelin...

Tepix 7y ago
The boring company could provide the tech to build tunnels on Mars. And with the minimal atmosphere you'll have a Hyperloop. Hardly a coincidence.
- y0y 7y ago
  Oh my god. I literally just now got the joke: the boring company. Because they bore tunnels.
  - kowdermeister 7y ago
    Good morning :)
    - y0y 7y ago
      Apparently it took over a year for the coffee to kick in! I just always shrugged and thought it was a cutesy name for a company that did something boring like dig tunnels. I cannot believe that pun escaped me for so long. :)
  - loceng 7y ago
    I wear the hat everyday - a good conversation starter. Some people guess it's an accounting company name.
- loceng 7y ago
  They are aiming for 1223 kmph (760 mph) on Earth, I wonder how that differs with lower gravity.
- hef19898 7y ago
  Please tell me that is not what Musk really thinks he's doing...
gamblor956 7y ago
Nobody is boring cities on Mars with diggers designed to bore small sewer tunnels. Boring Co still has a long way to go to demonstrate basic competence at digging small tunnels and this is an area where obstacles increase with scale.
- _Microft 7y ago
  Maybe it is rather to create entrance tunnels into existing caves. Because of low gravity on Mars, lava tubes are expected to be enormous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_lava_tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_lava_tube
AJ007 7y ago
I suspect tunnels are plan B for earth.
- notabee 7y ago
  It makes sense to pursue technologies that can pivot from expanding humanity's potential to simply guaranteeing survival. But only the former is what people are going to want to hear about, while the latter is where we seem to be heading.

Tepix 7y ago

The boring company could provide the tech to build tunnels on Mars. And with the minimal atmosphere you'll have a Hyperloop. Hardly a coincidence.

y0y 7y ago
Oh my god. I literally just now got the joke: the boring company. Because they bore tunnels.
- kowdermeister 7y ago
  Good morning :)
  - y0y 7y ago
    Apparently it took over a year for the coffee to kick in! I just always shrugged and thought it was a cutesy name for a company that did something boring like dig tunnels. I cannot believe that pun escaped me for so long. :)
- loceng 7y ago
  I wear the hat everyday - a good conversation starter. Some people guess it's an accounting company name.
loceng 7y ago
They are aiming for 1223 kmph (760 mph) on Earth, I wonder how that differs with lower gravity.
hef19898 7y ago
Please tell me that is not what Musk really thinks he's doing...

gamblor956 7y ago

Nobody is boring cities on Mars with diggers designed to bore small sewer tunnels. Boring Co still has a long way to go to demonstrate basic competence at digging small tunnels and this is an area where obstacles increase with scale.

_Microft 7y ago
Maybe it is rather to create entrance tunnels into existing caves. Because of low gravity on Mars, lava tubes are expected to be enormous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_lava_tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian_lava_tube

AJ007 7y ago

I suspect tunnels are plan B for earth.

notabee 7y ago
It makes sense to pursue technologies that can pivot from expanding humanity's potential to simply guaranteeing survival. But only the former is what people are going to want to hear about, while the latter is where we seem to be heading.