[zilfondel]

Considering that "the most he would say is that the Hyperloop is a 'cross between a Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table.'"

...that doesn't give you a whole hell of a lot to even speculate about.


Pointing out the obvious, spaceships =/= infrastructure.

Spaceships require engineers + money.

Infrastructure requires engineers + money + politics

Politics are by far the most difficult part to deal with, especially in this country.

edit - forgot to mention: infrastructure also requires a lot of land. In places like California, that involves forcefully moving thousands of people out of the way so that you can build your chunk of concrete.

There is also the big fuzzy issue of profitability - and in that case, proven technologies are always going to win.