Originally Posted by dhuey
Hey, I'll concede that if we put the kind of financial and human resources into this that we put into the lunar missions, it just might be possible in 10 years. This comes back to cost, though. How many tens of billions is it worth to save a relatively small portion of SF-LA travelers a relatively small amount of time?
If that's the only thing it's applied to, it's probably not worth it. But if it signals the start of a new generation of travel, it just might be. Of course, I doubt we'll ever find out because the commitment just isn't there and probably never will be.