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I wasn't overly familiar with this project, but now that I've read up on it... what in the actual fuck? You could offer me the entirety of Elon Musk's ~~hoard~~ wealth and it would still not be enough to convince me to step foot in that claustophobic death trap.
The thing that really strikes me is that there seems to be very little difference between Musk going "I know how to build transport tunnels better than any of the countless engineers who have built them before!" and that Titan submarine guy going "I know how to build deep sea submersibles better than any of the countless engineers who have built them before!" And it seems likely that Musk's death trap will have a similar ending, only Musk won't be inside it at the time. Techbros seem incredibly unwilling to consider that there are often reasons why things are built the way they are.
You have to look at the bigger picture: Musk's "I know how to build a colony on Mars better than anyone!"
That requires:
There are some other details missing, and maybe there are other projects I'm not aware off, but the general plan is pretty clear.