> History has shown that some obvious projects, such as tunneling under the English Channel proposed in the time of Napoleon, can be delayed for centuries becau

> History has shown that some obvious projects, such as tunneling under the English Channel proposed in the time of Napoleon, can be delayed for centuries because of political pressures I really don't see why, french empire and united kingdom were such good friends :) On a side note, I feel very sad to consider we could have a mean to travel the world at cheap cost for four decades, and it still cost a salary and sometime about 24h to go to the other side of the world. With all other things Musk has talked about, it really makes think humanity seriously lags.