London to New York in 30 MINUTES: SpaceX's Starship could soon transport passengers on long-distance trips at dizzying speeds of up to 16,700mph - as Elon Musk claims 'this is now possible' following

It looks like SpaceX is reviving plans to take on the commercial aviation industry – by transporting passengers to other countries via space. Billionaire owner Elon Musk says that his ambitious vision of 'Earth to Earth' space travel on his Starship rocket is 'now possible' following Donald Trump's re-election. A SpaceX promo video depicts a luxurious trip aboard Starship taking just 39 minutes to get from New York to Shanghai, China In reply to a fellow X user touting the Starship 'Earth to Earth' project, Musk simply said: 'This is now possible' Billionaire owner Elon Musk says that his ambitious vision of 'Earth to Earth' space travel on his Starship rocket is 'now possible' following Donald Trump's re-election X user @ajtourville posted the SpaceX promo video on X, suggesting the enterprise could be cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration during Trump's presidency. At the New York seaport, a Starship rocket smoothly launches into orbit bound for China, the promo clip shows As passengers file into a boat at a spaceport at sea, a digital departure board says: 'Now boarding, New York City to Shanghai' According to the company's vision, 'most long distance trips' would take 'less than 30 minutes', while a journey to anywhere on Earth would take under an hour At a distance of 7,392 miles, New York to Shanghai on a commercial plane today takes around 15 hours. But Musk thinks 'Earth to Earth' travel on Starship is also a possibility Musk has previously said that 'no toilets, pilot area or food galley' would be needed because 'most flights would only be 15 to 20 mins' It's due to land four astronauts on the moon as part of NASA's Artemis 3 mission in 2026 – the first manned trip to the lunar surface since 1972.