Today at 12:30 ET (no idea what timezone that is, probably url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeris_time]Ephemeris Time[/url] which is actually UTC) Elon Musk had a presentation about settlement on Mars but he ended by telling 'the same rockets we can use to displace people between two places on Earth.
This clip shows JFK-PVG in 39 minutes
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...lon-musk-video
but other long haul flight in less than an hour, even on the opposite side of the world. Imagine, flying from AU to EU in jsut 40 minutes ?
I like that, but problems arise to expose passenger so many G acceleration.
And the space debris should be cleared up as well, as flying via (low orbit) space has the risk of hitting debris.
What are your ideas ?