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To: Mellonkronos

This sounds cool. I could pop into my own capsule and be jettisoned to anotehr destination at some incredible speed? How fast?


7 posted on 02/26/2015 11:43:10 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (POPOF. President Of Pants On Fire.)
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To: Tenacious 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop

The Hyperloop is a conceptual high-speed transportation system put forward by entrepreneur Elon Musk,[1][2] incorporating reduced-pressure tubes in which pressurized capsules ride on a cushion of air that is driven by a combination of linear induction motors and air compressors.[3]

The conceptual route runs from the Los Angeles region to the San Francisco Bay Area, paralleling the Interstate 5 corridor for most of its length, with an expected journey time of 35 minutes, meaning that passengers would traverse the 354-mile (570 km) route at an average speed of around 598 mph (962 km/h), with a top speed of 760 mph (1,220 km/h).


14 posted on 02/26/2015 12:13:21 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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