Hyperloop: the new transportation system created by SpaceX
founder and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk that will be ready for passengers in
approximately 10 years. This new transportation system could cut travel time
between Los Angeles and San Francisco down to 35 minutes. This is incredible
because the trip typically takes 12 hours by Amtrak train, and more than six
hours by car. This transportation system would carry passengers in pods moving
as fast as 800 miles per hour. The project is approximately anywhere between $7
billion and $19 billion. Hyperloop CEO Dirk Adhlborn said that the price range
is due to the unpredictability of prices for materials and other expensive over
the next decade. He also says that if he finds it too difficult to build the
inaugural Hyperloop in California, he may choose to build it in another
country. To learn more about Hyperloop, visit the link provided below.
Wouldn't the pod just burn up due to the immensely high speeds at which it travels? Nevertheless, this seems like a neat, futuristic proposal.
ReplyDeleteIf this is successful, I am sure no matter how expensive the trip would cost, many would ride in it. It reminds me to the transportation pods in the Polar Express that the elves rode in.
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