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Comment by BurningFrog | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]BurningFrog · 2026-11-15 Sun 02:22 UTC · link
A big reason for the lack of new US trains is that it's very hard to buy all the needed land under the US system.

In most of the world the landowners have far less rights.

The decade(s) long environmental reviews of every piece of land used for the project is also a huge force agains any such projects.

If the legalities were handled, I expect US train builders would excel at building high speed trains. In reality, we'll never know.

[−]dboreham · 2026-11-15 Sun 04:18 UTC · link
Apparently it's also a problem for people building ICBM silos.