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The price and time-line estimate make me sad and pessimistic for some reason. 30 years and $90 billion just to pull a fast train line between two cities in Japa
by eliben 13y ago
The price and time-line estimate make me sad and pessimistic for some reason. 30 years and $90 billion just to pull a fast train line between two cities in Japan? How long and how expensive then will real futuristic projects be, like colonization of other planets, space elevators, fusion reactors and so on?
- 6d0debc071 13y agoI wonder how much they're paying for land and tech development in that figure - doing something the first time is often rather expensive.
- rorrr2 13y ago$90 billion is not a large sum of money, considering the pointless wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan costed 3-4 TRILLION dollars. We could've had every major city connected to a maglev network by now if we didn't let politicians spend our tax money on bullshit. Many space missions NASA designs are quite affordable, and the SpaceX innovations will make them even cheaper. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War#Direct_costs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War#...