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Well, they're not changing much. It's a ~4 hour savings, max, on a transatlantic flight. Perhaps a passenger ICBM? That would really cut down "across-the-plane
by crispyambulance 6y ago
Well, they're not changing much. It's a ~4 hour savings, max, on a transatlantic flight.
Perhaps a passenger ICBM? That would really cut down "across-the-planet" travel time down to a total of ~30 minutes. Why not? the Fantastic Four had one in their Manhattan laboratory (https://www.tumblr.com/search/passenger%20icbm# https://www.tumblr.com/search/passenger%20icbm#).
- rbanffy 6y agoThis is one of the ideas Elon Musk floated as a way to help finance Starship+Superheavy - suborbital passenger flights.
- crispyambulance 6y agoSounds like a good idea. Coffee service will be challenging however!
- rbanffy 6y agoOTOH, vomit bags would be a lot more popular.