I doubt very much this will ever become a thing, but you never know.
The step into the future occurred in May at the company’s Nevada test track, where engineers watched a magnetically levitating test sled fire through a tube in near-vacuum, reaching 70 mph in just over five seconds. That is but a fraction of the 700 mph or so Hyperloop One promises, but put that aside for now. What matters here is all the elements required to make hyperloop work, worked: propulsion, braking, and the levitation and vacuum systems that all but eliminate friction and air resistance so that pod shoots through the tube at maximum speed with minimal energy.
https://www.wired.com/story/hyperloop-one-test-success/
I'd say the Hyperloop is more likely to succeed than, say, Mars colonies or the Boring Company tunnels with sledges for private cars.
ReplyDeleteI can't see the Boring thing going anywhere at all. The Hyperloop - well, maybe, in some specific cases, but I don't see it being feasible/affordable on a large scale as an ordinary means of transport. Mars colonises depends on timescale.
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