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Start free trial →Let's Science · October 2026
The hosts had been speculating about whether a rocket-assisted car could lead to a practical air-powered vehicle. Sant argues flashy demonstrations matter because they push the industry off the status quo, as hybrids and EVs once did.
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Thank you. Yeah.
It is good that you get companies like Tesla that are sort of at the cutting edge of showing what tech, like combining technologies from different things and seeing what's possible. Because, like I said, it will probably lead to some kind of useful practical technology that can be used later. I was thinking, like, I know that, like, I mean, Ila Musk promises a lot and promises a timeline. And, you know, some things work and some things just disappear or whatever. But like, there was the idea of that hyperloop or whatever it was called, where, you know, you would have a tunnel underground and, you know, it means you could just get from one place, you know, quickly to another. It hasn't really made, you know, taken off. But, you know, imagine if you had like cars like this combined with a Hyperloop technology just blew at this warp speed of whatever that, you know, through a tunnel, you know, and then, yeah, so I mean, possibly. So, I mean, again, like safety and all these things with, you know, the physics of it would all have to be worked out. But it is important to dream and imagine and then see practically what physics allows you to do with technologies like this. So good. Yeah. I mean, who knows in a decade what it might lead to in 30, 40 years.…
Exactly. Not everyone has to have an electric car. You can mix it up and it still lessens the environmental footprint as well.
By giving people options. Exactly right. Yes.
Wow. Wow, that's amazing.