If you are not already familiar with Elon Musk, let me explain to you why he's a big deal.
First, he's a visionary. He has very futuristic view of travel. He sees people traveling around in aluminum capsule that shoot through steel tubes, and travel at 800 mph. They'd connect to cities that are 1,000 miles apart, and and in less than an hour and a half, you could make the trip that right now, could take days.
Second, his loaded. This might be the most important fact to making his dream a reality. He is in the process of trying to secure land in Texas to build a test track for these shuttle capsules. He's working with physics and engineering students from UCLA's SupraStudio, as well as professionals at Tesla, Boeing, and SpaceX.
Third, he's got the experience. Musk is the founder of Tesa Motors, and is also the chief technology officer at SpaceX.
Still think he's just a dreamer? While we may never see these come into existence in our life time, his ambition is bringing us one step closer to a future that would allow people to travel the globe in hours instead of days.
Jeff Spry's article from Blastr.com is where I gathered this information. If you are interested in learning more, there's a YouTube video that shows you more:
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