I find the main exhausting part about transcontinental travel is first of all the jet lag, and secondly all the other steps that don't involve sitting in the plane. This doesn't really solve either of those problems. The actual sitting on an airplane part I find pretty relaxing.
Man I wish I felt that way. Every second I'm on a plane is torture to me. The tiny seat, that smell, the noise, the other people, my knees locked in position for hours and hours. I hate it so much.
I mean, first class travel is not within my means either but if we're talking about rockets flying half way around the world we're not talking economy seats, not for a long time. If the prices were similar I imagine a lot of people would take an extremely comfortable long flight over a short cramped, g-force intense rocket trip.
I’m not so convinced. These days we’ve got very usable internet connections on planes. Anyone can be very productive while in the air.