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2017 Medium Article: "Why The Hyperloop Will Fail" (medium.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"At the end of the day I just want to know who’ll be responsible when the tube collapses and people get seriously hurt or worse. Can’t say I didn’t warn you guys."

Problem 1: Thermal Expansion Problem 2: Vacuum Problem 3: Scale Problem 4: Energy Requirements / Cost Problem 5: Deceleration Problem 6: Acceleration

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The hypershit failed years ago, why do we care now?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hyperloop One shut down recently

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Got to wonder what kept it going so long.

On the plus side I can imagine many engineers and physics students probably learned quite a bit, and had some useful hands-on experience too

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Wall St has fallen out of love with musky boi

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

This article was contemporaneously posted with the actual announcement, but I agree that I don’t know why it was posted here 6 years later.