Posted on 10/07/2018 7:44:14 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Separately, Virgin Hyperloop One has produced a full-sized prototype of the internals of its pod, in addition to a miniature system it uses for testing. Tesla also has a miniature prototype of its own which it uses for testing.
(Excerpt) Read more at theverge.com ...
If you thought highspeed rail was costly, Get a new calculator or revert to RPN for this baby!
And how many engines and cabooses needed to pick up at a station every 45 seconds??? Costs? To the moon Alice, to the moon.(is it OK to say to the moon?)
Ahlborn said about 100 capsules would be needed to operate a line like one from Los Angeles to San Francisco, capable of departures as frequently as 45 seconds apart. He said the capsule was designed for speeds up to 750 mph, but "realistically" would operate at slower speeds, at least initially.
Capsule built, nowhere to go. Read about it last night. The technology does not exist yet in many areas so there is no tube, no stations, nowhere to go. Not even a demonstration line even at Disney or anywhere. But, hey, they got a fancy capsule.
Not to mention what possibly could happen if a housefly gets into the test capsule with the scientist testing it on himself.
I have heard rumors about such an event.
It did not end well!
Your tax dollars at work again.
The technology does not exist yet in many areas so there is no tube, no stations, nowhere to go. Not even a demonstration line even at Disney or anywhere.
I’ve lost track of the narrative.
How did we jump tracks to the Cali High Speed mess?
at 45 seconds per arrival and departure, I can see lots of blood from squished and mangled commuters as they push and shove to get aboard a departing pod ...
Yea right, in earthquake prone California I want to be stuck in a metal capsule in a tube deep underground? NOT.
Nicely played.
With oil prices high let the sand people build one and pee away their money.
The Chinese H-S Rail has an interesting history, ask the Japanese about it.
Chinese labor and land acquisition cost are very low, their TCO, not so much.
Over at usatoday they say:
The new capsule is “the real deal,” said HyperloopTT CEO Dirk Ahlborn, who unveiled it last week in Spain, where it was built. It will next go to Toulouse, France, for testing next year as the company prepares to build initial hyperloop segments in China and Abu Dhabi.
What are the effects of the shock wave of breaking the sound barrier in such a confined tube?
squished and mangled commuters
Commuters are plentiful, every day a dozen or so disappear from the CTA green line.
Like the ‘Man named Charlie’?
stuck in a metal capsule in a tube deep underground
Not to worry!
Early designs are for a tube above ground.
Probably made from carbon fiber reinforced paper mache.
A can opener or Swiss army knife would permit your exit.
What are the effects of the shock wave of breaking the sound barrier in such a confined tube?
Researchers in a peer-reviewed study noted that there are few issues with a projectile in a barrel.
Therefore: Good to go!
Would you care to purchase an advanced ticket at a discounted price?
The Virgin Hyperloop tubes are above ground.
The tubes are depressurized.
No worse than building a high speed rail in earthquake prone California.
“Probably made from carbon fiber reinforced paper mache”......”A can opener or Swiss army knife would permit your exit.”
Exactly my expectations.
To me, these things have one set of great beneficiaries - the “infrastructure” construction industries and their unions, and no matter how much they involve “private” investors, the ax almost always falls on the taxpayers and is NEVER sustainable on the fares alone.
How big would the Roots blowers need to be to keep the vacuum?
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