Elon Musk is one of the most intelligent people alive as well as one of the richest, with a net worth of around 20 billion dollars. He is a part of many large companies such as Neuralink, The Boring Company, Tesla Motors, PayPal, Space Explorations (SpaceX), and more. Although Musk appears to have a wonderful life, he faced many struggles on his way to becoming a popular and wealthy entrepreneur. When he was young, he was once thrown down the stairs and beaten up until he blacked out by schoolmates, but this did not stop him. As a 12 year old student, he created a computer game called Blastar, which he sold to a computer magazine (Vance). He later founded his first company with his brother. The company was named Zip2 and it was funded by his
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He says that SpaceX’s goal is to send their first mission to Mars by 2022. The mission will be a cargo mission and there are multiple objectives. The objectives for the mission will be to confirm a water source on Mars and to identify hazards on Mars that must be observed and avoided. Another objective of this mission is to create a power source and install a mining system for mining resources and to install a life support infrastructure (“Mars”). The second mission for Mars colonization is predicted to occur in 2024 and will hold both cargo and crew. This mission is to build a cache in space for distributing fuel and to prepare for future missions (“Mars”). If SpaceX completes these missions in the projected time frame, they will be able to send colonists to Mars a decade before NASA can achieve such a task …show more content…
He thinks that traffic is a terrible thing and that it prevents people from getting places quickly. This means that roads have to go 3D, which either means using flying cars or building underground tunnels. Ordinarily, tunnels can be very expensive to dig at up to 1 billion dollars per mile, but the cost can be reduced (“FAQ”). One way that costs can be reduced is by changing tunnel diameters by placing vehicles on electric car skates, which can reduce the cost by 3-4 times (“FAQ”). The second way to reduce the costs of building tunnels is to increase the speed of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) which helps build tunnels by increasing its power, supporting continuous tunneling, automating TBMs for safety and efficiency, using electric vehicles, and investing in tunnel development (“FAQ”). Building tunnels would indeed come with many benefits. For example, there is no limit to the number of layers that can be built and tunnels are weatherproof. Also, construction is silent to anyone on the natural ground. Musk has already started this project with a company he calls the Boring Company. Currently, he is digging a tunnel from the SpaceX parking lot in California, which he owns, because no permit is needed to do so. Eventually, he hopes to reach the Los Angeles International Airport. The state of Maryland also gave permission to begin a test tunnel this
He says that SpaceX’s goal is to send their first mission to Mars by 2022. The mission will be a cargo mission and there are multiple objectives. The objectives for the mission will be to confirm a water source on Mars and to identify hazards on Mars that must be observed and avoided. Another objective of this mission is to create a power source and install a mining system for mining resources and to install a life support infrastructure (“Mars”). The second mission for Mars colonization is predicted to occur in 2024 and will hold both cargo and crew. This mission is to build a cache in space for distributing fuel and to prepare for future missions (“Mars”). If SpaceX completes these missions in the projected time frame, they will be able to send colonists to Mars a decade before NASA can achieve such a task …show more content…
He thinks that traffic is a terrible thing and that it prevents people from getting places quickly. This means that roads have to go 3D, which either means using flying cars or building underground tunnels. Ordinarily, tunnels can be very expensive to dig at up to 1 billion dollars per mile, but the cost can be reduced (“FAQ”). One way that costs can be reduced is by changing tunnel diameters by placing vehicles on electric car skates, which can reduce the cost by 3-4 times (“FAQ”). The second way to reduce the costs of building tunnels is to increase the speed of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) which helps build tunnels by increasing its power, supporting continuous tunneling, automating TBMs for safety and efficiency, using electric vehicles, and investing in tunnel development (“FAQ”). Building tunnels would indeed come with many benefits. For example, there is no limit to the number of layers that can be built and tunnels are weatherproof. Also, construction is silent to anyone on the natural ground. Musk has already started this project with a company he calls the Boring Company. Currently, he is digging a tunnel from the SpaceX parking lot in California, which he owns, because no permit is needed to do so. Eventually, he hopes to reach the Los Angeles International Airport. The state of Maryland also gave permission to begin a test tunnel this