Now his concept of the Hyperloop is once again breaking all preconceptions of travel on Earth.
Forget planes, trains, automobiles, and boats--Musk's promised open source plans would take us from New York to Los Angeles in under 45 minutes!
The system would be built based on the following premises:
- Safer in that it never crashes and is immune to weather
- Faster than any Earth transportation available today
- Cheaper than air travel
- Better using self-powered solar panels and energy storage
In business school, we were taught to think in terms of better, faster, cheaper--what's amazing about Musk is he has a track record of not just thinking it, but making it so.
While the Hyperloop doesn't exist today, I find it awfully exciting to think that one day, it will.
On the plus side, Elon Musk makes George Jetson our reality; on the minus side, now we have no reason not to visit the in-laws. ;-)
(Source Photo: here with attribution to booknews)
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