New York to Beijing in two hours without leaving the ground?

New York to Beijing in two hours without leaving the ground? | KurzweilAI: "The Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) system (U.S. Patent 5950543, assigned to ET3.com, Inc.) would take passengers from New York to Beijing in just two hours. Advocates of Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) claim it is silent, cheaper than planes, trains, or cars and faster than jets."