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Hyperloop - Liquidation sale
Posted by CMStPnP on Sunday, April 21, 2024 10:16 AM

Welp, looks like that expensive theory is over with..........

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011448/hyperloop-one-shut-down-layoff-closing-elon-musk

 

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Posted by Overmod on Sunday, April 21, 2024 11:36 AM

CMStPnP
Welp, looks like that expensive theory is over with...

Just as the Chinese get ramping up on their version of it, which they expect to take up in stages to (eventually) over 1000mph.

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Posted by CMStPnP on Sunday, April 21, 2024 3:55 PM

Overmod
Just as the Chinese get ramping up on their version of it, which they expect to take up in stages to (eventually) over 1000mph.

I'll believe it when I see it in operation transporting real people.   Beyond that they are just spending money and issuing press releases.    Which is what Virgin was doing with other people's money until the purse snapped shut.

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