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Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed

Posted by samzenpus on from the behind-the-scenes dept.

astroengine writes "Entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed details today about his concept for a high-speed transportation system he calls the Hyperloop. After tweeting that he'd pulled an all-nighter preparing for the announcement, Musk told Businessweek that the design could transport people as well as cars inside aluminum pods that move up to 800 miles per hour through a tube. The tubes would be mounted on columns 50 to 100 yards apart, not interfering with land needs because it would essentially follow major highways, such as I-75 in California."

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  1. Re:I-75? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And here I was thinking that it also folded space-time!

  2. Tubes by SnarfQuest · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can these tubes also be used to carry the innernet?

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  3. And so it begins by kylegordon · · Score: 5, Funny

    All the /. experts come out of their caves to debunk a paper by a guy that brought us internet payments, commercial space travel, and luxury electric cars.

  4. Re:here's an idea and just as plausible as elon's by HornWumpus · · Score: 2, Funny

    I look forward to the day I can commute via trebuchet and parachute.

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  5. Launch System by Jhyrryl · · Score: 3, Funny

    We don't need to build all the intervening tubes, do we? Just get it up to speed, then launch it every 5 miles or so; I'm sure we can catch them safely.

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  6. Re:I-75? by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    . . . it would essentially follow major highways, such as I-75 in California.

    Let the record show that TFA correctly states "I-5". Somebody in Michigan needs to watch his typos.

    They used xerox copy/paste

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