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[deleted] t1_iy5tzb1 wrote

Reply to comment by No-Lunch4249 in Elon Musk’s Boring Company Ghosts Cities Across America by bmore

Also reminder that he didn’t even really come up with it. He just brought up a really old idea that any engineer with a 6 pack and a little free time has thought of. There’s an entire Wikipedia page for them.

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Angdrambor t1_iy5vu8l wrote

>There’s an entire Wikipedia page for them.

Which one? Outrageous proposals?

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[deleted] t1_iy5wbu6 wrote

Lol Vactrain but feel free to link it a page on carpetbaggers

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gaiusjuliusweezer t1_iy826bc wrote

I did a 4th grade science project on Robert Goddard, a pioneering rocket scientist who also had this idea. I thought it was cool, but I was worried you’d get sucked out if it crashes

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