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The hyperloop is dead for real this time (www.theverge.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The hyperloop is dead for real this time::Hyperloop One is shutting down its operations. The company was founded in 2014 promising pods that would carry passengers at airline speeds through nearly airless tubes. Turns out, it wasn’t really viable.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

The basic idea of reducing air drag with a vacuum is a good one, but there are so many practical problems with a solution like the hyperloop that it should have been shot down earlier than it was. The problem of thermal expansion across a structure hundreds of miles long while needing to maintain a near vacuum was never solved.