Musk is wrong about Mars

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35. Musk tweeted on July 20, 2017, that he had received "verbal govt. approval for the Boring Company to build an

underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. It was a total lie.

https://wonderfulengineering.com/elon-musk-claim-govt-approval-hyperloop-turns-lie/

Elon Musk Claim About Govt. Approval Of ‘Hyperloop’ Turns Out To Be Lie

Mr. Musk, who has a habit of making some wild claims, did not say who gave him the permission, neither did he comment on the nature of the “verbal agreement.”

But anyone who has worked with the US authorities knows the US government does not work on “verbal government approvals.”

Sure enough, Musk had to walk-back on his claim in about 90 minutes

It was never built. In April 2022 he claimed his tunneling effort The Boring Company would “attempt to build a working hyperloop.” The following day the company tweeted “Hyperloop testing at full-scale begins later this year.” That also never happened. Musk spent the last decade barely engaging with the hyperloop, essentially outsourcing his attempt to kill high-speed rail.