Having already conquered space, American business adventurer Elon Musk has his sights set on the sea. He recently bought the undersea vehicle from the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, a Lotus with wings added for faux aquatic travel. Although merely a prop, Musk plans to add what’s necessary to make it a functional subaquatic vessel.
Famous for founding electric vehicle company Tesla Motors and space travel company SpaceX, Musk is no stranger to exploratory adventures. He plans on adding a Tesla drivetrain to the white Esprit. Inspiration hit when he learned that, after dropping nearly $1 million on the prop, it didn’t actually perform as it does in the film. If successfully launched, we predict he’ll wear a tuxedo and, although the original was piloted by Roger Moore, do a bad Sean Connery impression.
Not to be outdone by NASA's series of exoplanet travel posters, SpaceX has revealed a similarly-styled series of designs to promote interest in making it to Mars (and ultimately colonizing the planet if Elon Musk has his way). First stop: Valles Marineris, a seriously grand canyon spanning thousands of miles on…
While talk continues of building a hyperloop system in California, Europe is ahead of the game, slated to construct the first working system of its kind. Hyperloops, proposed by entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, use pressurized passenger pods capable of attaining speeds of over 700 miles per hour, far faster than even…
Space tourism will someday soon be as commonplace as taking a bus tour around the streets of a city. Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Elon Musk's SpaceX are undoubtedly the most recognizable names driving this industry forward, but there's another company that is planning to get wealthy thrill-seekers very high in…
