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jonovid:
 
Hyperloop test track tour at CES 2018
more hype
stj:
i said it before, but musk is just a subsidy hunting fraud(or maybe a front??).

https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P4874.html
T3sl4co1l:
If it's worked in the past, it's worth trying in the future.  So far, Musk's things are built entirely on investment.  To keep putting along, what does he need more of, then?

Tim
Alex Eisenhut:
I dunno, the last company I remember with Hype in the name ...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/hyperchip-to-announce-20-million-in-financing/article22499787/

went nowhere. We were looking at renting their space years ago, but it was too large.
wraper:

--- Quote from: stj on January 15, 2018, 10:58:23 pm ---i said it before, but musk is just a subsidy hunting fraud(or maybe a front??).

--- End quote ---
Except he barely received anything than can be called subsidies  :palm:. Most of those "subsidies" are nothing more than some tax deduction over time period of like 20 years, no actual money given. Basically drop of water in the sea. All money received from Nasa was for doing particular work, and actually relatively small money compared to what "traditional" space companies receive. Spacex launches cost Nasa 3x less than ULA charges. Or, for example, Boeing received 2x more money for much inferior CST-100 Starliner manned space capsule development compared with Dragon V2.
As of fraud, in 2017 Spacex made more Launches than the rest of US and Russia combined. Most of those were commercial launches, which were non existent in US for last 10 years because of not being competitive. Almost all were made by Russia and Arianespace.
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