1. Road tunnel: a road underground. Typically travels the same speed as a road.

2. Hyperloop: a vacuum tube that carries pods at 250 mph.

To claim that 1 is 2 is like claiming I've invented a time machine and give you a clock.

From the Article

>NASA deputy administrator Pam Melroy, speaking at the livestreamed meeting(opens in new tab), urged the users' advisory group to consider recommending a fast refresh of space regulations to avoid "future barriers" to space exploration.
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>"We are not a regulator; that is not our role," Melroy said of NASA. Pointing to planned International Space Station commercial successors in the 2030s, she added: "We cannot be responsible for all activities on a commercial space station."

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>As NASA aims to put people and commercial payloads on the moon in 2025 with the Artemis program, and to open up the ISS to commercial astronauts and activities, more people and businesses have access to space than ever before. SpaceX and Axiom Space are among the beneficiaries, having flown ISS missions for astronauts themselves with NASA oversight. (SpaceX even flew a billionaire-funded independent excursion called Inspiration4.)
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>That said, space law is an immensely complex business. Most spacefaring countries have signed on to the United Nations' Outer Space Treaty(opens in new tab) that governs international space activities. The treaty, however, was negotiated in the 1960s when government activities dominated the scene. More recently, several dozen members of the NASA-led Artemis Accords(opens in new tab) have also agreed to peaceful work in the 2020s and beyond, and to eventually establish new norms for lunar exploration.

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Scientists have performed the quantum version of creating energy out of thin air for their most recent magic performance. It's an accomplishment that seems to defy both logic and physical law.

The usual line of reasoning, according to William Unruh, a theoretical physicist at the University of British Columbia, is that "you can't take energy straight from the vacuum because there's nothing there to offer."
However, Masahiro Hotta, a theoretical scientist at Japan's Tohoku University, suggested 15 years ago that perhaps the void could be persuaded to give up something.

Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/11e54o5/physicists_use_quantum_mechanics_to_pull_energy/jacdmvy/

I mean... Fingerprint locks are on phones and laptops, I don't type passwords in anymore.

Racial stereotypes were upended during a recent study that involved artificial intelligence. New research from the University of Georgia found that Black bots were considered more competent and more human than white or Asian bots used in the same study. This contrasts with past research on human-to-human interactions.
The full study, which was published in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, can be read here.

WTF is this? A Black AI? Dunno if this is gaslighting

Alright everyone, time for the bi-millenial leap second adjustment. Everyone prepare yourselves!

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Most of us have at some point stopped to gaze up at the moon - but have you ever wondered what time it is up there?

For those who have, their question may soon have an answer, as space organisations are considering giving the moon its very own time zone.

Dozens of lunar missions, including ones to build bases and other habitats on the moon, are planned for the decade ahead, the European Space Agency (ESA) has said.

Space organisations began discussions about lunar time-keeping at the ESA's ESTEC technology centre in the Netherlands in November 2022.

ESA navigation system engineer Pietro Giordano said: "We agreed on the importance and urgency of defining a common lunar reference time, which is internationally accepted and towards which all lunar systems and users may refer to.

"A joint international effort is now being launched towards achieving this."

Up until now, each new mission to the moon has been operated on its own timescale, with deep space antennas used to keep onboard chronometers synchronised with the time on Earth.

Beyond astronauts and ground controllers being able to tell the time on the moon, the need for standard time-keeping in space is also essential for guidance and navigation.

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Women at centre of NASA moon race

Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson of NASA says 'there are no boundaries' as she ushers in a new age of space exploration.

Just as GPS systems on Earth require precise coordination and timing, so too will any infrastructure that is built and operated on the moon.

NASA's Gateway station will serve as a multi-purpose outpost orbiting the moon when it begins operating sometime after November 2024.

It will be open to astronaut stays and provide support for humans to return to the moon's surface.

Meanwhile, the ESA will be putting down its own Argonaut lander on the moon.

These missions will not only be operating on or around the moon at the same time - they will also be interacting and potentially relaying communications for one another and performing joint observations.

The ESA has said that among the current topics under debate is whether a single organisation should be responsible for setting and maintaining lunar time, and whether it should be set on an independent basis or be kept synchronised with Earth.

The international team working on the subject will face "considerable technical issues", the ESA has said.

Why do clocks work differently on the moon?

One challenge is that clocks on the moon run faster than their equivalents on Earth, as clocks tick slower in stronger gravitational fields, therefore gaining around 56 microseconds or millionths of a second per day.

Their exact rate depends on their position on the moon, ticking at a different speed on the lunar surface than when they are in orbit.

Bernhard Hufenbach, a member of the Moonlight Management Team from ESA's Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration, said: "Of course, the agreed time system will also have to be practical for astronauts.

"This will be quite a challenge on a planetary surface where in the equatorial region each day is 29.5 days long, including freezing fortnight-long lunar nights, with the whole of Earth just a small blue circle in the dark sky.

"But having established a working time system for the moon, we can go on to do the same for other planetary destinations."

Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/11e4zfy/the_moon_could_get_its_own_time_zone_but_clocks/jaccwb2/

Exactly. Read the first part of your comment that I’m replying to, over and over. People are bringing up real examples, parables and analogies to discuss this idea at a higher level and you can’t even keep up. Read something.

Wait? A grifter and serial liar was proved he's useless on things he claims he can deliver?

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Europe is taking the lead in adapting Elon Musk’s innovative idea for freight transport with the Swiss Cargo Sous Terrain (CST) project.

The idea behind this solution is to create a faster, more efficient, and safer means of transport rather than the conventional one which produce carbon emissions. It has been described as a combination between an airplane and a train and is mainly intended for the transport of passengers.

The technology is under development and has not been commercially implemented. Several projects are in different stages of implementation and testing around the world but it will take several years before the system is fully functional and operational.

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Something like this was tried/done before but the funding was cut by J.P. Morgan because he could not make enough money from it, stuff like this is what actually could save humanity, lets hope the J.P. Morgans of this time will not be there again to stop it.

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I think 56 microseconds a day, or 1 second every 489 years, is not really going to be an appreciable difference to really constitute a challenge.

The EPA has been gutted so badly that they aren’t able to do much of anything anymore. I know people who work there, and they’re all extremely passionate about environmental protection: they’re just short staffed and their ability to actually regulate is often limited.

It says recycled plastic, so it is probably just generic plastic combustion byproducts - the same thing you’d get if you burned plastic in your house. It’s really toxic stuff!

Scientists have performed the quantum version of creating energy out of thin air for their most recent magic performance. It's an accomplishment that seems to defy both logic and physical law.

The usual line of reasoning, according to William Unruh, a theoretical physicist at the University of British Columbia, is that "you can't take energy straight from the vacuum because there's nothing there to offer."
However, Masahiro Hotta, a theoretical scientist at Japan's Tohoku University, suggested 15 years ago that perhaps the void could be persuaded to give up something.

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Most of us have at some point stopped to gaze up at the moon - but have you ever wondered what time it is up there?

For those who have, their question may soon have an answer, as space organisations are considering giving the moon its very own time zone.

Dozens of lunar missions, including ones to build bases and other habitats on the moon, are planned for the decade ahead, the European Space Agency (ESA) has said.

Space organisations began discussions about lunar time-keeping at the ESA's ESTEC technology centre in the Netherlands in November 2022.

ESA navigation system engineer Pietro Giordano said: "We agreed on the importance and urgency of defining a common lunar reference time, which is internationally accepted and towards which all lunar systems and users may refer to.

"A joint international effort is now being launched towards achieving this."

Up until now, each new mission to the moon has been operated on its own timescale, with deep space antennas used to keep onboard chronometers synchronised with the time on Earth.

Beyond astronauts and ground controllers being able to tell the time on the moon, the need for standard time-keeping in space is also essential for guidance and navigation.

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player

Women at centre of NASA moon race

Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson of NASA says 'there are no boundaries' as she ushers in a new age of space exploration.

Just as GPS systems on Earth require precise coordination and timing, so too will any infrastructure that is built and operated on the moon.

NASA's Gateway station will serve as a multi-purpose outpost orbiting the moon when it begins operating sometime after November 2024.

It will be open to astronaut stays and provide support for humans to return to the moon's surface.

Meanwhile, the ESA will be putting down its own Argonaut lander on the moon.

These missions will not only be operating on or around the moon at the same time - they will also be interacting and potentially relaying communications for one another and performing joint observations.

The ESA has said that among the current topics under debate is whether a single organisation should be responsible for setting and maintaining lunar time, and whether it should be set on an independent basis or be kept synchronised with Earth.

The international team working on the subject will face "considerable technical issues", the ESA has said.

Why do clocks work differently on the moon?

One challenge is that clocks on the moon run faster than their equivalents on Earth, as clocks tick slower in stronger gravitational fields, therefore gaining around 56 microseconds or millionths of a second per day.

Their exact rate depends on their position on the moon, ticking at a different speed on the lunar surface than when they are in orbit.

Bernhard Hufenbach, a member of the Moonlight Management Team from ESA's Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration, said: "Of course, the agreed time system will also have to be practical for astronauts.

"This will be quite a challenge on a planetary surface where in the equatorial region each day is 29.5 days long, including freezing fortnight-long lunar nights, with the whole of Earth just a small blue circle in the dark sky.

"But having established a working time system for the moon, we can go on to do the same for other planetary destinations."

Actually zero.... if all humans die today, the climate will reverse itself within 10,000 years.

But with humanity 'thriving' we will need to reverse climate change with technology, within a capitalist system, as an ongoing process (as long as there are humans). AI, quantum computing and nuclear fusion breakthroughs are soon to be upon us, optimistically we will reach the point where we are able scale them commercially to where the marginal cost of intelligence and energy is close to zero. Economically this means that there will be infinite resources able to be diverted towards engineering a better environment and uplifting humanity.

Sorry i digress and ramble, there is no number here to answer your question based on current technology and economics.

80% of the world’s population has never even been on a plane.

Mostly what removing air travel would do is mean rich people have to take more time to go places.

newsflash: humans weren't made to waste their whole lives sitting in a cubicle

in other news water is wet

I'd say it is more likely than every country phasing out fossil fuels, at this rate.