The hyperloop is dead for real this timewww.theverge.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip Lee Duna ( @throws_lemy@lemmy.nz ) TechnologyEnglish • 6 months ago message-square46fedilinkarrow-up1109
arrow-up1109external-linkThe hyperloop is dead for real this timewww.theverge.com Lee Duna ( @throws_lemy@lemmy.nz ) TechnologyEnglish • 6 months ago message-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
minus-square heluecht ( @heluecht@pirati.ca ) linkfedilink27•6 months ago@throws_lemy Hyperloop is a solution for a non existing problem. There are already fast landline based systems. You can go really fast on rails (see Japan) or you can use a maglev.
minus-square gradyp ( @4grams@awful.systems ) linkfedilinkEnglish15•6 months agoIncorrect, the hyperloop always had precisely one purpose, for which it likely was pretty successful: https://jalopnik.com/did-musk-propose-hyperloop-to-stop-california-high-spee-1849402460
minus-square intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink1•6 months agoI don’t think the problem to be solved was “how to go fast”. It was more like “how to create travel corridors with minimal impact to private property”
@throws_lemy Hyperloop is a solution for a non existing problem. There are already fast landline based systems. You can go really fast on rails (see Japan) or you can use a maglev.
Incorrect, the hyperloop always had precisely one purpose, for which it likely was pretty successful: https://jalopnik.com/did-musk-propose-hyperloop-to-stop-california-high-spee-1849402460
I don’t think the problem to be solved was “how to go fast”. It was more like “how to create travel corridors with minimal impact to private property”