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That article is kinda dumb, as least as regards SpaceX. Look at this:
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(Separate from incentives, SpaceX has won more than $5.5 billion in government contracts from NASA and the U.S. Air Force.)" And why are the taxpayers subsidizing a company that specializes in commercial space travel when the United States has a hard enough time balancing a budget?
The SpaceX website says: "SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets." U.S. taxpayers shouldn't be on the hook for space travel and other ideas of private purpose that won't benefit many, if any, taxpayers
SpaceX sells launch capacity to the US Government - at, one might add, a much better price than the government gets elsewhere, and at a fixed price contract - something the old gang in rocketry hated. The COTS/CSR program was exactly the sort of cost-saving for the taxpayer that can be achieved where private industry and government interest intercede. Save the taxpayer some money and help a low-cost space company - ehm - get off the ground? Sign me up, that's an intelligent use of my tax money.
Exactly. The single digit numbered highways are for tactical maneuvers. The rest are for strategic matters.
Not really. Odd numbers run N-S, Even run W-E. Older numbers are usually lower and newer numbers are higher (ie. beltlines). A bit of interstate history/knowledge there haha
"On its website, the Boring Company says some tunnelling projects today cost as much as $1 billion per mile but its goal is to lower costs by a factor of 10 or more."
Okay let's assume 10. That means the tunnel would be about $100,000,000 per mile. A 220 mile tunnel will cost $22 billion.
why doesnt the northeast corridor look into something like texas is doing with the japanese bullet train, that northeast corridor route would be profitable. Japan has one of the greatest rail systems in the world and its privatized and competitive
"That means the $12 billion-plus project can keep moving forward, and the market — not the government — will decide whether a private bullet train will fly in Texas.
That’s how it should be, especially with something this audacious. A high-speed rail line between two of the country’s biggest, fastest-growing metros could have a major impact on transportation, jobs and economic development. "
It also would make Texas a trailblazer, which would help attract talented workers to the region.
But the financial risks are profound. Many doubt that it can ever operate profitably. Most bullet trains require large subsidies from the public.
That’s not going to happen here, not after the governor signed a bill into law last month.
“Texas taxpayers will not be asked to later subsidize, bail out or otherwise financially support a private high-speed rail project,” said a summary by the Senate Research Center.
“To realize a boon to taxpayers, Texas merely has to allow the free market to operate by not expanding government in the form of discriminatory legislation,” Bartlett Cleland wrote in an April report."
why doesnt the northeast corridor look into something like texas is doing with the japanese bullet train, that northeast corridor route would be profitable. Japan has one of the greatest rail systems in the world and its privatized and competitive
"That means the $12 billion-plus project can keep moving forward, and the market — not the government — will decide whether a private bullet train will fly in Texas.
That’s how it should be, especially with something this audacious. A high-speed rail line between two of the country’s biggest, fastest-growing metros could have a major impact on transportation, jobs and economic development. "
It also would make Texas a trailblazer, which would help attract talented workers to the region.
But the financial risks are profound. Many doubt that it can ever operate profitably. Most bullet trains require large subsidies from the public.
That’s not going to happen here, not after the governor signed a bill into law last month.
“Texas taxpayers will not be asked to later subsidize, bail out or otherwise financially support a private high-speed rail project,” said a summary by the Senate Research Center.
“To realize a boon to taxpayers, Texas merely has to allow the free market to operate by not expanding government in the form of discriminatory legislation,” Bartlett Cleland wrote in an April report."
There are several obvious advantages of a hyperloop system....Speed, 500 mph compared to 150 mph....Cost to build the system is comparable to a bullet train.....Cost to consumer is cheaper than either train or plane...
Imagine being able to get the low cost employees to work in high cost cities while they live in low cost cities hundreds of miles away.
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