{"id":15570,"date":"2017-05-01T08:33:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T08:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/?p=300085"},"modified":"2017-05-01T08:33:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T08:33:01","slug":"elon-musks-los-angeles-tunnel-boring-machine-plan-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2017\/05\/01\/elon-musks-los-angeles-tunnel-boring-machine-plan-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk&rsquo;s Los Angeles tunnel-boring machine plan revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_300097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 565px;  border: 1px solid #dddddd; background-color: #f3f3f3; padding-top: 4px; margin: 10px; text-align:center; display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-300097\" title=\"Los Angeles tunnel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/images\/Los-Angeles-tunnel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"349\" \/><p style=' padding: 0 4px 5px; margin: 0;'  class=\"wp-caption-text\">Musk&#8217;s plan for tunnels under Los Angeles (credit: The Boring Company)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Things happen fast with Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and CEO\/CTO of SpaceX. It starts December 17, 2016 when he&#8217;s stuck in Los Angeles traffic:<\/p>\n<p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-300087\" title=\"Musk tweet tunnel boring\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/images\/Musk-tweet-tunnel-boring.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On February 3, Musk reveals he has already begun digging a &#8220;demo tunnel&#8221; in the SpaceX parking lot, Bloomberg reports.<\/p>\n<p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-300089\" title=\"Minecraft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/images\/Minecraft.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg also reports that Musk plans to build an underground network that &#8220;includes as many as 30 levels of tunnels for cars and high-speed trains such as the Hyperloop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to Thursday April 27: a SpaceX employee posts this on Instagram:<\/p>\n<p><img style=' display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;'  class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-300092\" title=\"schrodude\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/images\/schrodude.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then on Friday April 28, Musk&#8217;s latest venture &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUU0JfukhilijYKenOyKqdg\" data-ytid=\"UCUU0JfukhilijYKenOyKqdg\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=_90GWa-6EoHWqQWqirHoDw\">The Boring Company<\/a> &#8212; posts this video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u5V_VzRrSBI\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUU0JfukhilijYKenOyKqdg\" data-ytid=\"UCUU0JfukhilijYKenOyKqdg\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=_90GWa-6EoHWqQWqirHoDw\">The Boring Company<\/a> | Tunnels<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also on Friday, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elon_musk_the_future_we_re_building_and_boring\" >reveals at TED 2017<\/a> his plan to connect the tunnels to a coast-to-coast <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/hyperloopalpha\" >Hyperloop<\/a>: \u201cYou could dig as much as you want,\u201d he says. \u201cI think if you were to do something like D.C. to New York Hyperloop, I think you\u2019d probably want to go underground the entire way because it\u2019s a high-density area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hyperloop system built by SpaceX at its headquarters in Hawthorne, California, is already approximately one mile in length with a six foot outer diameter,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/hyperloop\" >says SpaceX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RoEoTumfXG0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC0hFYb0NMY53ojrC2taVaUA\" data-ytid=\"UC0hFYb0NMY53ojrC2taVaUA\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDMQ4TkiEwj09bXIms7TAhXU0KoKHc-LDgoo-B0\">SpaceXHyperloop<\/a> | Hyperloop Pod Flights | 1-29-17<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GPaYrhUZSYQ\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCEA0LA7k6hwZM-xocspYQjQ\" data-ytid=\"UCEA0LA7k6hwZM-xocspYQjQ\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDMQ4TkiEwiDx4jjm87TAhXO-KoKHWL8CIMo-B0\">Inverse<\/a> | Elon Musk&#8217;s TED 2017 Full Interview<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To be continued. &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things happen fast with Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and CEO\/CTO of SpaceX. It starts December 17, 2016 when he&rsquo;s stuck in Los Angeles traffic: On February 3, Musk reveals he has already begun digging a &ldquo;demo tunnel&rdquo; in the SpaceX parking lot, Bloomberg reports. 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