How Crazy Is Elon Musk’s Hypersonic Space Rocket Airline?
If you fly in space at 17,000 mph, why not use that speed to cross our planet rapidly? It’s only about $2,900 to China on SpaceX Air.
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For whatever reason, some of the world’s smartest and most eccentric people tend to be drawn toward airlines. Elon Musk is the latest, but with a twist—rockets.
Tacked onto a detailed explanation Friday of how SpaceX intends to land cargo on Mars five years from now—a farcical schedule that Musk conceded was “aspirational”—the space, car, solar, and battery entrepreneur segued into an audacious proposal to harness the speed of space-travel for faster earthly flights.