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Hyperloop Getting Closer To Reality, Groundbreaking Set For 2016

Posted by samzenpus on from the coming-soon dept.

An anonymous reader writes: On Thursday, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) said it would break ground on the futuristic railway in May 2016. The company says it has signed agreements with Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum and engineering design firm Aecom to work on the project. "It's a validation of the fact that our model works," says Dirk Ahlborn, CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. "It's the next step."

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  1. I want to ride on one some day by myid · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I guess I feel like people felt when the train, car and airplane first came out. The hyperloop (like those earlier inventions) sounds like a wonderful idea, but it's a little dangerous. I want to ride on one eventually, but not on the first few runs. Let them work out any early problems with other, more daring riders.

  2. Re:Kind of serious? by Applehu+Akbar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "which one will have the Environmental Impact Study finished first?
    Then which one will be able to navigate the years of cease and desist lawsuits first?"

    My prediction: the Beijing-Shanghai corridor.