????埃隆?穆斯克創辦的特斯拉汽車公司（Tesla Motors）征服了道路；創辦的SpaceX公司發射火箭，將衛星送入了軌道；如今，他或許正在考慮打造一款介于太空和地面之間的交通工具。

????穆斯克在今天《紐約時報》（New York Times）Dealbook大會上接受采訪時承認，他正著手設計一款全新的超音速交通工具，接替2003年被停飛的協和號客機：

????“我認為，現在打造一款超音速、全電動、可垂直起降的噴氣式飛機正是時候，”穆斯克說?！安ㄒ簦˙oeing）和空客都不太可能造出這樣的飛機，因為他們過于追求對自己旗下的現款機型進行漸進式改良，而不愿意做出激進的變革。所以，我或許會成立一家初創公司。如果我今后要成立另外一家公司的話，我想我很有可能就會去做這件事。當然，近期還不太可能?！?/p>

????穆斯克補充說，他的這種想法是基于自己的基本信念，那就是未來常常是會變得更糟糕，而不是更美好。這種想法也促使他對所謂的大交通“超級回路”產生了興趣。(財富中文網）

????譯者:唐昕昕?????

????Elon Musk has conquered the roads with Tesla Motors (TSLA). And he's rocketed into orbit with SpaceX. Might he now be considering something (literally) in between?

????During an interview at today's New York Times Dealbook conference, Musk admitted that he began designing a new means of supersonic travel after the Concorde was canceled in 2003:

????"I do think there's an interesting opportunity to create a supersonic, electric ,vertical takeoff and landing jet," Musk said. "It seems unlikely to come from Boeing (BA) or Airbus, given that they seem to be focused on very incremental improvements to their planes as opposed to radical improvements. So it could come from a startup. If I were to have another company in the future, which would not be any time soon, I think that would be the thing to do."

????Musk adds that the idea is based on his fundamental belief that the future often seems to be getting worse instead of better, something that also prompted his interest in the so-called hyperloop method of mass transit.