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Elon Musk Admits He Is Too Busy To Build Hyperloop

Posted by timothy on from the if-you-can-bear-through-the-intrusive-ads dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes "It sounded like the future — a 600mph train taking people from San Francisco to Los Angeles in just 30mins. In fact it sounded like a future too good to be true. And so it seems to have proven. As Alistair Charlton at IBTimes reports, Elon Musk, the man behind PayPal, Tesla and Space X has admitted that Hyperloop is a step too far and he should never have mentioned it in the first place — 'I think I shot myself in the foot by ever mentioning the Hyperloop. I'm too strung out.' Oh well, let's hope SpaceX works out a bit better ... " Considering that SpaceX has already sent materials to the ISS and retrieved the capsule, it seems to have worked out pretty well so far.

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  1. This page works by Dave+Whiteside · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/497781/20130808/elon-musk-admit-busy-make-hyperloop-shot.htm

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  2. Elon Musk... by Ecuador · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I get the feeling that if we had about a dozen Elon Musks we would be living in the 2010's version we see in 40 year old sci-fi films...
    Ok, the Hyperloop is a bit too much (for now), but the work he's done with Tesla and SpaceX is amazing. And don't forget he had PayPal back when it was a good thing!

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    1. Re:Elon Musk... by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I am 100% sure of it.
      You can say a lot things about Mr.Musk, but he is taking risks with his own money that everyone might one day profit from. As opposed to the usual route of billionaires which seems to be taking risks with everyone elses money so that they can profit from it.

    2. Re:Elon Musk... by supertrooper · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Not really, being a douche is a full time job. Hence why he's so busy.

      Why is he a douche? Because he's successful and he actually got there by not screwing over millions of people? You can say anything about PayPal but it's a service you can choose not to use. I wish he found a time to do this thing. Safe and fast travel, and I think cheaper too. It would be a great competition for aviation industry. In any case, nothing but respect for this guy.

  3. Re:Page Not Found by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He was too busy to write it.

  4. Not Iron Man after all by Pedestrianwolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    This just completely shattered my illusions of Elon Musk as a real life Tony Stark.

  5. Time to get pedantic by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    It sounded like the future — a 600mph train taking people from San Francisco to Los Angeles in just 30mins. In fact it sounded like a future too good to be true.

    A future where SF and LA are only 300 miles apart does sound a little unlikely.

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  6. Re: If its good by twotacocombo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's bad for another reason too. Earth Quakes.

    Japan has earthquakes too, much more often and intense than we have on the west coast (we haven't actually had a large one since 1999). Japan has a fairly substantial rail system, complete with high speed lines. If they can do it, why can't we?

  7. Re:Page Not Found by bitt3n · · Score: 5, Funny

    all slashdot articles link to 404's. you're just the first person to actually click on one

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