Elon Musk: Visionary or Nutjob?
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Elon Musk has big ideas -- very, very big ideas. And Elon Musk has the gravitas that attracts serious attention to his big ideas. Musk helped make PayPal, Tesla Motor Co., and SpaceX realities. Trevor Gilbert reports for PandoDaily.com with three ideas that Musk sees in the future:
1. An electric-powered jet. According to Musk, there are some serious drawbacks for rocket-powered jets, which could be rectified with an electric jet. Quicker take-offs and landing, faster speeds, and decreased drag.
2. Fusion. Musk believes that fusion power is a possibility for the future. A magnetic type of fusion, according to Musk, “a relatively standard type of fusion, if you will.”
3. The Hyperloop. Musk’s boldest idea is a fifth mode of transportation, which would displace the other modes of transportation (cars, trains, planes, boats). According to Musk, this would enable people to travel between LA and San Francisco in less than thirty minutes, would be self-sustaining, and would be cheaper.
1. An electric-powered jet. According to Musk, there are some serious drawbacks for rocket-powered jets, which could be rectified with an electric jet. Quicker take-offs and landing, faster speeds, and decreased drag.
2. Fusion. Musk believes that fusion power is a possibility for the future. A magnetic type of fusion, according to Musk, “a relatively standard type of fusion, if you will.”
3. The Hyperloop. Musk’s boldest idea is a fifth mode of transportation, which would displace the other modes of transportation (cars, trains, planes, boats). According to Musk, this would enable people to travel between LA and San Francisco in less than thirty minutes, would be self-sustaining, and would be cheaper.
Read More: http://pandodaily.com/2012/07/12/elon-musk-the-man...
Elon Musk is a winner! A fine example of the 1% creating products we need! Also Tesla is moving forward with production of a high end electric sports sedan. And that facility ummm an old GM plant that failed is going to be state of the art as well!
Funny.....This guy delivers and gets NO government investment! He does have a NASA contract and so far has met all obligations at far less than other competitors. If like Solyndra he'd have gotten $450 Million from Obama he'd be employing more than the 1400 at SpaceX now. Up from 250 in 08. How many is Solyndra employing today?
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Here's the Fireside Chat, if you missed it:
If electric cars had been continuously improved from this model, they would do everything better than and less expensively than gas or diesel. They were displaced because of short battery life, and cheap gas.
Thorium based reactors, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... - for safe nuclear fuels that were never developed effectively because the US needed unsafe nuclear reactors that created weapons grade radioative waste.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fi...
seems that's the stupidest statement I ever heard. people EAT with the help of others... everyone is interconnected... just some people are honey bees and some people are wood ticks.