Cosgrove predicts an operational lunar mass driver within 30 years
Tyler Cosgrove · Elon's Moon Mass Driver: Here's How He'll Do It · Mar 23, 2026 · at 30:20
TBPN co-host Tyler Cosgrove debates timelines for constructing an electromagnetic mass driver on the Moon, revising his estimate down due to anticipated acceleration from artificial general intelligence.
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“I changed, I'm going 30.”
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