Elon Musk plans to transport people in rockets across the globe in half an hour

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Whenever Elon Musk, is up to something, the world always pays attention as it is always about 'the future', and his upcoming project is no exception.

Elon Musk and SpaceX are working on a new rocket that will make intercontinental flights in just under half an hour.

The so-called "BFR" spacecraft will be able to convey up to 100 people from say New York to London in less than 30mins, and can go anywhere in the world in less than an hour. All of which will cost an equivalent to an economic class ticket on a passenger airplane.

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The reusable rockets would apparently have a maximum speed of 27,000 km per hour (16,777 mph), although earth flights would travel at just over 7,000mph, allowing flights of thousands of miles in as little as 22 minutes.

The new rocket, BFR (which stands for 'big f***** rocket), will be launched officially by 2022, and will start operations by 2024. According to Musk, BFR will also be able to travel to Mars.

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"If you build a ship that's capable of going to Mars, what if you take that same ship and go to another place on earth, so we looked at that and the results are quite interesting," he said. He later added that "cost per seat should be about the same as full fare economy in an aircraft".

Estimated BFR flight times

SpaceX claimed that it would be able to fly from Hong Kong to Singapore in 22 minutes, New York to London in 29 minutes, and Sydney to London in 51 minutes.

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