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fourstar wrote: post #15

sethbannon wrote: post #10

It's very interesting that this is a SpaceX project. Why not Tesla, or another company entirely?

Probably because SpaceX has more autonomy since it doesn't need to meet the expectations of shareholders -- the same reason Musk isn't planning on an IPO with SpaceX for a really really long time.

I think the SpaceX IPO is planned for about 5-10 years from now - that's not too long. The only indication we have is that MCT will be making regular trips to Mars before SpaceX IPOs, and they seem pretty set on that happening in the next decade.

Re: Hyperloop

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Post by gkoberger » Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 8:42 PM UTC

sethbannon wrote: post #10

It's very interesting that this is a SpaceX project. Why not Tesla, or another company entirely?

EDIT: It was posted both places, so I wouldn't read into it at all (http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/hyperloop http://www.spacex.com/hyperloop)

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I wouldn't read into that. Musk has said he has no intention of developing it; he probably just needed a place to put it. SpaceX makes as much sense as anything else.

That being said -- hopefully he lied when he said he had no interest, in order to quell speculation until the announcement. Kind of like how Apple says they'll never ever launch certain things... right up until they do it.