I want one!

3 tons wrote:

joelm wrote:
If only Tesla could design a truck powered by B.S., Musk could personally power entire fleets.

X2, Musk’s business model is fueled by a never ending gov’t subsidy scam without which there would be no profit - Oops, come to think of it, there already is NO PROFIT!!...Nothing new here except another ‘just in time’ stock value distraction and recycled fame, Musk is truly the Preston Tucker of our day - LOL!!.....Personally I’m not at all interested in subsidizing my fairly ‘well healed’ neighbor’s Glamorous new Model S, his solar system or Big Rigs that will only drive up the cost of living, but then again (for sentient thinkers), like sooooooo many other programs, this cronyism was NEVER Intended to be the role of Gov’t....But thats another story that has already tipped too far..

3 tons

LOL, have you seen Mr Roarke's, ahh I mean Mr Musk's latest?
I'M DELUSIONAL

Lets just use his Falcon 9 as an example since not much is out there on the new Pipedream 11 in the Roarke, I mean Musk pipeline . Perhaps he intends to improve on the Falcon 9, and lets give him the benefit of the doubt and say he can double the payload weight and reduce the cost to launch by 50%, down to about 23 million by 2024. Lets also dream he can cram 670 people aboard, envision something larger than an A-380 with some rockets strapped to it, or will it be rechargeable electric or Bovine feces powered? He has an entire 6 years to pull this off.

What a bargain. A round trip ticket from NY to Shanghai will be @ a little less that $70,000 per person just to break even? Say it takes an hour each way? That's only @ $192,000.00 per minute operational cost LOL.

Personally I think I'll just stick with about $900 round trip on United, and take about 22 hours each way getting to Shanghai and back. Heck I can throw another $400 at it and get economy plus and an extra checked bag.