Known to hurl ashtrays at hypersonic speeds…..,P> 
Posted on 09/16/2015 10:30:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Hyperloop Technologies is working on a project to move people and cargo at nearly the speed of sound, and its engineers believe they're approaching a transportation breakthrough not seen in ages, reports CBS News correspondent Carter Evans.
In 1903, the Wright brothers launched the age of aviation in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with their experimental flying machine. It connected the world, pushing the limits of what many believed possible.
Hyperloop Technologies co-founder and engineer Brogan BamBrogan wants to change the world again, with a ground transit system that would go faster than a commercial jet.
"We're kind of inventing a fifth mode of transportation which is no small task... by the end of next year we're going to have our Kitty Hawk moment," he said.
A team of engineers at Hyperloop Technologies is working on the futuristic system. It would move cargo and passengers through tubes on a cushion of air, at almost supersonic speeds in a near-vacuum. It could travel the roughly 400 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco in about 30 minutes....
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Hmmm...where would I like to see the money go? To Harry Reid’s rail between LA and Las Vegas or into Hyperloop development. I think I’ll go with Hyperloop.
I remember reading of this concept in the 1970s . . .
Wouldn’t it be great if a privately developed technology suddenly made this high speed rail boondoggle totally obsolete? Which means the usual Democrat attack dogs would figure out a way to shut it (hyperloop, not high speed rail) down.
Imagine a series of pipes across the US of A to move cargo. Oh, wait ...
Seems like this would be the technology to apply to
a space elevator.
Oh wait!!! I wasn’t disappointed!! Embedded in the article:
“I’m concerned that Hyperloop is being used as an argument against high-speed rail,” said Jon Christensen, professor at UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. He said Hyperloop is exciting, but unrealistic.
“It doesn’t really solve the bigger problem, which is that, how could you possibly embed this kind of technology within the complicated transportation systems that we already have in cities, and we’re developing in our cities,” Christensen said.
Known to hurl ashtrays at hypersonic speeds…..,P>
The Muzzies will just blow it up.
Islam: Why we can’t have nice things.
Getting up to speed would not be my concern, it would be the sudden stop if things went awry.
Just like the bank tubes at the drive thru.
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