I did read this, and the article is nothing of the sort. He assumes that technologically it will be practical, perhaps to a point that it's comparable to exist

I did read this, and the article is nothing of the sort. He assumes that technologically it will be practical, perhaps to a point that it's comparable to existing prices for high-end seats on a plane. Even so, he points out that the security risks mean that it will never happen from existing airports, and that any time saved on suborbital flight will be used up taking the train back to the major city. He gives a real-world example of the Concorde intercontinental routes being ditched... they didn't make enough money. Rich people who can afford this want to go to LA and New York and Paris. Not New Mexico, rural Maine, and Scotland. > It's a very pessimistic essay about the future, where all air travel is horrible and nobody will want to fly. I don't buy it. Have you flown recently?