Behold, the boring machine for Elon Musk's Boring Company

Is everyone sick of "boring" puns yet? No? Good.
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Behold, the boring machine for Elon Musk's Boring Company
Elon Musk, the boring guy. Credit: REX/Shutterstock

There will be a time in the future when everyone will be sick of "boring" puns in relation to Elon Musk's new Boring Company. Alas, that time has not come yet.

And how can you blame us, when what appears to be a huge boring machine just appeared in SpaceX's back yard with a big "The Boring Company" sign on it?

Multiple photos of the machine appeared on social media Thursday, and though Musk himself remained silent, it's quite obvious that we'll soon hear about The Boring Company's next endeavors.

The companies cool stuff I see outside the office. Can't wait to see some tunnels! #theboringcompany #workperks

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We're not sure whether this is the same machine that Musk tweeted about in February, but it definitely looks like it'll be used for tunneling of some sort.

The images also don't tell us much about Musk's plans for the vaguely defined Boring Company. In February, Musk reportedly wanted to dig a tunnel leading from Crenshaw Boulevard to the SpaceX employee parking lot, in hope to speed up his (and other employees') commute to work. 

The things you see when you're leaving work. #elon #spacex #tesla

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Musk has been busy lately (when isn't he). Besides helming Tesla and SpaceX, he announced the foundation of a new company called Neuralink, and it appears that The Boring Company is getting more serious as well.

Фото: бурильная машина Элона Маска для строительства тоннеля под Лос-Анджелесом Сотрудник #SpaceX опубликовал его в своём Instagram-аккаунте. На первое фото предполагаемой бурильной установки, которую глава компании #ЭлонМаск использует для строительства тоннеля под Лос-Анджелесом, обратило внимание издание Business Insider. После того, как снимок, сопровождаемый подписью «ещё один день бурения на работе», привлёк внимание журналистов, автор удалил его и сделал закрытым свой аккаунт. На фото видно, что на бурильную установку нанесен логотип The Boring Company («Бурильная компания»). Название созвучно с фразой «Скучная компания». В феврале 2017 года #Маск раскрыл Bloomberg характеристики машины. По его словам, вес установки составляет 1,2 тысяч тонн, диаметр — 7,9 метра, длина — 121,9 метра. Глава Tesla и SpaceX также придумал ей имя — Нанни (Nannie). Маск объявил о намерении открыть компанию для бурения подземных туннелей в декабре 2016 года. «Пробки сводят меня с ума. Я собираюсь построить машину для бурения туннелей и просто начать рыть», — написал бизнесмен в своем Twitter-аккаунте. Уже в январе 2017 года рабочие на территории штаб-квартиры SpaceX в Лос-Анджелесе вырыли «тестовый участок» — шириной в 9 метров, длиной в 15 метров и около 4,5 метров в глубину.

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Musk first tweeted about the Boring Company late last year, while stuck in traffic on his way to work. What initially started as a joke quickly bloomed into a new business venture; but even Musk appears to be unsure where it's heading.

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Stan Schroeder
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Stan is a Senior Editor at Mashable, where he has worked since 2007. He's got more battery-powered gadgets and band t-shirts than you. He writes about the next groundbreaking thing. Typically, this is a phone, a coin, or a car. His ultimate goal is to know something about everything.

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