And an extinct volcano lair. Gotta have that too
No longer waiting for Godot. It has begun boring and just completed the first segment of tunnel in LA.
Across the road and below the ground
Just installed steel skeleton of the car/pod elevator. Should be operating next week.
Musk is now seeking regulatory safety approvals to dig the first 2 miles of his futuristic subterranean vision, Hawthorne interim City Manager Arnie Shadbehr said Thursday.
An update on Elon's plans:http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/20170629/tunnel-to-nowhere-elon-musk-starts-digging-in-hawthorne-but-to-whereIncludes:QuoteMusk is now seeking regulatory safety approvals to dig the first 2 miles of his futuristic subterranean vision, Hawthorne interim City Manager Arnie Shadbehr said Thursday.
The first 2 miles of the traffic-transport tunnel would travel from the parking lot along Crenshaw Boulevard, and then east under 120th Street. It would stop just beyond Hawthorne Boulevard, where additional permits would be needed to continue.
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[Couldn't post while I was listening earlier.]One question was whether boring could be used not just for transportation on Earth but also on Mars. Elon said yes, both for mining for raw materials and also for underground habitats to provide radiation shielding.He did stress that due to different Martian conditions boring machines would be different from Earth ones. Also mentioned later that currently boring machines on Earth are very heavy. So a lot of work needed to design boring machines light enough to take to Mars.
What does it even mean to receive "verbal" approval from multiple states/cities? That's not how it works.
Do we even know how it works?
Quote from: RedLineTrain on 07/20/2017 04:10 pmDo we even know how it works?Well, there is no reason to think that the regulatory issues for constructing Hyperloop would be radically different than any other type of infrastructure, like say a railroad line, highway, or power lines. Is it likely that the dozens of jurisdictions at various levels (federal, state, county, municipal) that cover this route would have provided "verbal" approval already? Does that mean that things like environmental assessments and safety audits have already been done? For major projects, those kind of things can take years. And do any government entities actually provide "verbal" approval? Is that even legal? Is any government staffer permitted to give verbal assurances prior to actual legal written approvals?This is all just kinda weird, and silly.
As I understand vaguely, interstate railroads (like a hyperloop) have their own set of rules and federal rules trump local rules.
Quote from: RedLineTrain on 07/20/2017 04:20 pmAs I understand vaguely, interstate railroads (like a hyperloop) have their own set of rules and federal rules trump local rules.But they almost certainly require a public comment period.
I'm no attorney on interstate railroad law, so I don't know what is required. But we shouldn't assume that we know how this works without that specialized knowledge. Strikes me that it could be a pretty arcane subject area.
Quote from: RedLineTrain on 07/20/2017 04:29 pmI'm no attorney on interstate railroad law, so I don't know what is required. But we shouldn't assume that we know how this works without that specialized knowledge. Strikes me that it could be a pretty arcane subject area.True, but is there any other massive interstate infrastructure project you know of that has been approved so quickly, and with "verbal" approval?